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Bound for the promised land : Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero

Title
  1. Bound for the promised land : Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero / Kate Clifford Larson.
Published by
  1. New York : One World/Ballantine, 2005.
Supplementary content
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
Author
  1. Larson, Kate Clifford.

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Description
  1. xxi, 402 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 25 cm.
Subject
  1. African American women > Biography
  2. Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography
  3. Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913
  4. Underground Railroad
  5. Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century
  6. Slaves > United States > Biography
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. E444.T82
Note
  1. Originally published: 2004.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-388) and index.
Author
  1. Larson, Kate Clifford.
Title
  1. Bound for the promised land : Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero / Kate Clifford Larson.
Imprint
  1. New York : One World/Ballantine, 2005.
Edition
  1. 1st Trade pbk. ed.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-388) and index.
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  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Sample text
  3. Publisher description
  4. Table of contents
ISBN
  1. 0345456289 (pbk.)
  2. 9780345456281 (pbk.)
Research call number
  1. *R-RMRR E444.T82 L37 2005
  2. Sc E 04-440
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