
- 192 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This concise biography of Harriet Tubman, the African American abolitionist, explores her various roles as an Underground Railroad conductor, Civil War scout and nurse, and women's rights advocate. The legendary Moses of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman was a fiery and tenacious abolitionist who organized and led African American military operations deep in the Confederacy. Harriet Tubman: A Biography relates the life story of this extraordinary woman, standing as a testament to her tenacity, drive, intelligence, and courage. In telling the remarkable story of Tubman's life, the biography examines her early years as Araminta Ross (her birth name), her escape from slavery, her activities as an Underground Railroad conductor, her involvement in the Civil War, and her role as a champion of women's rights. The book places its heroine in the broad context of her time and the movements in which she was involved, and the narrative shifts between the contextual and the personal to give the reader a strong understanding of Tubman as a woman who was shaped by, and helped to shape, the time in which she lived.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Series Foreword
- Introduction
- Timeline : Events in the Life of Harriet Tubman
- Chapter 1 Minty, 1820β1840
- Chapter 2 Liberty or Death, 1841β1850
- Chapter 3 Moses of Her People, 1851β1853
- Chapter 4 God Sends Harriet to Thomas Garrett, 1854β1857
- Chapter 5 Inspired by John Brown, 1858β1860
- Chapter 6 General Tubman Goes to War, 1861β1865
- Chapter 7 Auburn, 1866β1886
- Chapter 8 Last Years, 1887β1913
- Chapter 9 Legacy
- Selected Bibliography
- Index