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Jan 5, 2005 · Now, in a biography widely praised for its impeccable research and its compelling narrative, Harriet Tubman is revealed for the first time as a singular and complex character, a woman who defied simple categorization.
Jun 29, 2021 · Becoming one of the key players in the abolitionist movement, Harriet Tubman brought intelligence, courage, and persistence to the monumental task of overcoming slavery. Her story is an inspiration - a remarkable story of loss, compassion, and grit.
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Dec 28, 2004 · The essential, “richly researched”* biography of Harriet Tubman, revealing a complex woman who “led a remarkable life, one that her race, her sex, and her origins make all the more extraordinary” (* The New York Times Book Review).
May 10, 2024 · Harriet Tubman was an American bondwoman who escaped from slavery in the South to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War. She led dozens of enslaved people to freedom in the North along the route of the Underground Railroad. Learn more about Tubman’s life.
Feb 2, 2004 · Excellent biography of Harriet Tubman, born into slavery in the U.S. In approximately 1825, in her early 20's, she left her family and husband in Maryland, to seek freedom in the North. Illiterate, but deeply religious, and very smart, once she was in the North, she thought she would find freedom.
Feb 2, 2011 · This concise biography of Harriet Tubman, the African American abolitionist, explores her various roles as an Underground Railroad conductor, Civil War scout and nurse, and women's rights...
Nov 5, 2019 · In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and illustrated tribute to one of the most exceptional women in American history—Harriet Tubman—a heroine whose fearlessness and activism still resonates today.
For all Harriet Tubman’s accomplishments and the myriad books written about her, many gaps, errors, and misconceptions of her life persist. One such fallacy is that Sarah H. (Hopkins) Bradford is to blame for having omitted information in Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People and ending the second book too soon. It is the family's opinion ...
Mar 31, 2017 · Harriet Tubman: The Life and the Life Stories by Jean Humez. Published in 2004, this book discusses new biographical information as well as old stories and legends about Harriet Tubman. The book aims to expose the lesser known aspects of Tubman and her life that have been overshadowed by her larger-than-life public image as an American hero.
Sep 13, 2006 · Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the U.S. Civil War. After escaping from captivity, she made thirteen missions to rescue over seventy slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
