Passenger on the Pearl by Winifred Conkling
Book Club for Kids
English - April 14, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB - ★★★★ - 331 ratingsKids & Family Education Courses bookclub curriculum amreading books kidcast kidlit middlegrade recommendedreading reluctantreaders Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The Book Club for Kids podcast began in the smallest quadrant of Washington DC called Southwest. It was the waterfront for DC, the place where ships would dock bringing everything from building supplies to fresh fish to slaves. This week marks the 173rd anniversary of what Washington Post writer Colbert King calls "one of the most courageous acts in antebellum America": the attempted escape of African American slaves on a ship docked at the Southwest waterfront, a ship called the Pearl.
This week, Book Club for Kids honors its roots by reprising our one episode featuring a non fiction book: Passenger on the Pearl by Winifred Conkling, taped before a live audience at Virginia's Fall for the Book Festival. Lolita Marie is our celebrity reader.
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