| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxi, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.
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Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913. |
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Underground Railroad.
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Underground Railroad. |
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Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.
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Fugitive slaves. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
African American women -- Biography.
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African American women -- Biography. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0345456270 |
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