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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Larson, Kate Clifford
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Ballantine, [2004], ©2004.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	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. Abolitionisme.
Genre:	Biography.
Online Access:	Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:	xxi, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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.