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Harriet Tubman : freedom seeker, freedom leader / Rosemary Sadlier.
Van Pelt Library E444.T82 S245 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sadlier, Rosemary.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.
- Tubman, Harriet.
- Enslaved women--United States--Biography.
- Enslaved women.
- Underground Railroad.
- African American women abolitionists.
- United States.
- Canada.
- African American women abolitionists--Biography.
- Underground Railroad--Canada.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 190 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Born in the United States and enslaved as a child, Harriet Tubman is one of the best-known figures connected to the Underground Railroad. Her success encouraged enslaved Africans to make the brave break for freedom and reinforced the belief held by abolitionists in the potential of black freedom and independence.
- Contents:
- 1 Harriet Tubman's Beginnings 25
- 2 Wedded Bliss 33
- 3 Unearthing the Truth 41
- 4 Freedom Seeking 47
- 5 Leading Others to Freedom 59
- 6 Arriving in Canada 67
- 7 Life in St. Catharines 81
- 8 Taking the Railroad into Canada 101
- 9 The Civil War 117
- 10 Successful Activism 137
- 11 The End of the Line 145.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references ([183]-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 145970150X
- 9781459701502
- OCLC:
- 724670471
- Publisher Number:
- 99947756256
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