Book

Larson, Kate Clifford.

Bound for the promised land : Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero / Kate Clifford Larson.

1st ed.

New York : Ballantine, c2004.

xxi, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Draws on extensive genealogical resources and new archives and materials to capture Harriet Tubman's complex life and personality, revealing her personal life, accomplishments, and influence.

Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

Underground Railroad.

Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.

Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.

Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

African American women -- Biography.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-388) and index.

Life on the Chesapeake in black and white -- Sweet gum and prickly burrs : the changing world of the Eastern shore -- "Devilish" mistresses and harsh masters : black family life under the lash -- "Shadow of a voice in the talking leaves" : the hidden world of black communication -- "Mean to be free" : the fragile light of liberty -- All for the love of family -- Stampede of slaves -- Moses meets John Brown -- Fractured family -- It was raining blood : Harriet Tubman's Civil War -- A hero is remembered --Myth and memory -- Mother Tubman, the black Joan of Arc.

Table of contents

Web Link

2004297886

0345456270

1

0

1

138068

1

1

BIO Tubman