Harriet Tubman
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Harriet Tubman

Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern Shore

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Harriet Tubman

Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern Shore

About this book

A revolutionary portrait of Harriet Tubman—told with the voice of history and the authority of family.

Harriet Tubman is one of the most iconic figures in American history, yet much of her true story has long been fragmented, misunderstood, or incomplete. While countless books recount her courage on the Underground Railroad, few explore the full scope of her strategic brilliance, military service, and lifelong leadership.

Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary sets out to correct the record. Drawing on deep archival research and rare family oral history, authors Jean Marie Wiesen and Rita Daniels—Tubman’s great-great-great-grandniece—present the first biography to involve a Tubman family member since Harriet herself was interviewed in 1886.

This groundbreaking work reveals how Harriet’s childhood head injury limited her ability to complete early biographical interviews, leading to omissions that persisted for generations. It also uncovers her ancestral roots in Ghana, her role as a Union Army scout, spy, and strategist during the Civil War, and her tireless postwar activism as a suffragist, community leader, and founder of the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged.

Richly detailed and deeply human, this book offers a nuanced portrait of a woman whose intelligence, resilience, and moral clarity shaped American history—and whose legacy continues to resonate today.

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Information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2025
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781639368143
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Foreword by Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely
  6. Preface by Rita Daniels
  7. Chapter 1: Heritage
  8. Chapter 2: Castles of Torment
  9. Chapter 3: From One Hell to Another
  10. Chapter 4: Modesty Survives the Atlantic Ocean Voyage
  11. Chapter 5: John Green
  12. Chapter 6: Slave Clothing
  13. Chapter 7: A Devil in the Neighborhood: Patty Cannon
  14. Chapter 8: Minty’s Early Life
  15. Chapter 9: Mind’s Eye
  16. Chapter 10: Slave Bible
  17. Chapter 11: Fugitive Slave Act
  18. Chapter 12: Songs of Code
  19. Chapter 13: Shoes are Made for Walking
  20. Chapter 14: The Base of Operations
  21. Chapter 15: Parents in the Promised Land
  22. Chapter 16: Auburn, New York, and the Sewards
  23. Chapter 17: John Brown
  24. Chapter 18: Post–John Brown
  25. Chapter 19: Pre–Civil War and Lincoln
  26. Chapter 20: Civil War Scout
  27. Chapter 21: Combahee River Raid
  28. Chapter 22: Finally, a Furlough
  29. Chapter 23: Surrender and the First Juneteenth
  30. Chapter 24: A New Chapter Begins
  31. Chapter 25: The Suffragette Era
  32. Chapter 26: Nelson Davis, Marriage, and Afterward
  33. Chapter 27: Onward with the Dream
  34. Chapter 28: Second Biography Released
  35. Chapter 29: Widow Years
  36. Chapter 30: Conventions
  37. Chapter 31: Queen Victoria
  38. Chapter 32: Harriet Undergoes Brain Surgery
  39. Chapter 33: Return to Boston
  40. Chapter 34: AME Zion Church
  41. Chapter 35: Auburn Resident
  42. Chapter 36: The Passing of an American Icon
  43. Chapter 37: Harriet Tubman’s Funeral
  44. Chapter 38: World War II Naval Ship Naming
  45. Chapter 39: Harriet Tubman Tugboat Naming
  46. Chapter 40: USNS ‘Harriet Tubman’—Second Naval Ship Naming
  47. Chapter 41: Harriet Tubman CIA Statue
  48. Chapter 42: Commemorative Coins
  49. Chapter 43: Elders Honored in Ghana
  50. Final Thoughts
  51. Appendix A: Timeline
  52. Appendix B: Who’s Who
  53. Appendix C: Family Tree
  54. Acknowledgments
  55. About the Author: Jean Marie Wiesen
  56. About the Author: Rita Daniels
  57. Bibliography
  58. Index
  59. Copyright

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