1 option
Bound for the promised land : Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero Kate Clifford Larson
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Biog E444.T82 L37 2004
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Larson, Kate Clifford.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913.
- Tubman, Harriet.
- Underground Railroad.
- Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- African American women--Biography.
- African American women.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ballantine, c2004.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-388) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0345456270
- OCLC:
- 53959428
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.