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The secrets of mary bowser6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() As illness and hunger ravage the city, Mary's espionage leads her to deceive even those who are closest to her. Together Mary and Bet risk their lives to smuggle invaluable information to the Union commanders. Knowing that slaves are considered incapable of intelligence, she poses as a slave in the Confederate White House to spy on President Jefferson Davis. As the nation edges toward war, Mary defies Virginia law by returning to Richmond, vowing to care for her ailing father - and to fight for emancipation. Carefully keeping the secrets of her own enslaved family, she joins the abolition movement to bring fugitive slaves to freedom. Life in the North offers Mary a different kind of education than she ever expected. When Bet Van Lew, the outspoken daughter of the family that owns Mary, decides to send her to Philadelphia to be educated, Mary must leave her parents to seize her freedom. ![]() ![]() Mary is a loving daughter, a quick-witted girl, and a slave to one of the wealthiest families in Richmond, Virginia. A powerful novel based on the true story of one daring woman willing to sacrifice her own freedom to change the course of history. ![]()
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