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Mary Bowser and the Civil War spy ring

by Enigma Alberti

Juvenile fictionSecret serviceAfrican AmericansSpy storiesFemale ParticipationChildren's fictionSpies, fictionUnited states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction

Looks at how African American Mary Bowser became a maid in the Richmond mansion of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis as part of a plan to pass along secrets to help the Union.

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Book data: Open Library