77 enslaved people attempted to escape bondage on April 15, 1848 on a schooner called “The Pearl” organized by free Black people and white abolitionists, which prompted the Washington Riot and the D.C. Emancipation Act.
77 enslaved people attempted to escape bondage on April 15, 1848 on a schooner called “The Pearl” organized by free Black people and white abolitionists, which prompted the Washington Riot and the D.C. Emancipation Act.