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Author:

Maddox, Lucy.

Title:

The Parker sisters : a border kidnapping / Lucy Maddox.

Publisher:

Temple University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

245 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Parker, Elizabeth,--approximately 1841-
Parker, Rachel,--1834-1918.
United States.--Fugitive slave law (1850).
Free African Americans--Chester County--Chester County--Biography.
African American girls--Chester County--Chester County--Biography.
Kidnapping--Chester County--Chester County--History--19th century.
Borderlands--History--Pennsylvania--History--19th century.
Slave trade--Baltimore--Baltimore--History--19th century.
Slave trade--New Orleans--New Orleans--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Line -- The Parkers' World -- Border Justice -- Elizabeth's Story -- Baltimore -- Legal Justice -- Freedom -- Afterwards -- Appendix.

ISBN:

1439913188
9781439913185 (hardcover : alkaline paper)

LCCN:

2015013664

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)