Books written by Josephine F. Pacheco
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The Pearl: A Failed Slave Escape on the Potomac
Richard Sylvester, comp., District of Columbia Police: A Retrospect of the Police Organizations of the Cities of Georgetown and Washington (Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros., 1894), 29: Thomas Smallwood, A.Narrative of Thomas Smallwood, ...
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An International Perspective on Human Rights: The Legacy of George Mason
This book focuses on the fate of human rights outside of the United States and over time. The first two contributions center on the French experience, especially the Declaration of...
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To Secure the Blessings of Liberty: Rights in American History
To Secure the Blessings of Liberty: Rights in American History
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The Pearl: A Failed Slave Escape on the Potomac
Chronicles the harrowing tale of seventy-six slaves from Washington, D.C., who hid aboard a schooner called the Pearl in 1848 in a desperate--and ultimately futile--attempt to sail down the Potomac River to freedom in Pennsylvania The ...
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Three who Dared: Prudence Crandall, Margaret Douglass, Myrtilla Miner : Champions of Antebellum Black Education
Against a pre-Civil War backdrop of violence and antagonism, three courageous women, in different parts of the country, undertook to teach black children. Prudence Crandall, Margaret Douglass, and Myrtilla Miner...
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The Legacy of George Mason
The Legacy of George Mason