Harriet Tubman and the fight for freedom : a brief history with documents / Lois E. Horton, George Mason University.

Reveals the woman behind the legend and addresses the ways in which Tubman's mythic status emerged in her own lifetime and beyond. Going beyond mere biography, Horton weaves through Tubman's story the larger history of slavery, the antislavery movement, the Underground Railroad, the increasing secti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horton, Lois E.
Language:English
Published: Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2013]
Series:Bedford series in history and culture.
Subjects:
Tubman, Harriet, > 1822-1913.
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
Underground Railroad.
Underground Railroad > Sources.
Fugitive slaves > United States > History > 19th century.
Fugitive slaves > United States > History > 19th century > Sources.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century > Sources.
Genre:
Biography.
Sources.
Physical Description:xii, 180 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Format: Book

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