Harriet Tubman The Road to Freedom
Catherine ClintonPublished2005
Pages304
Formatpaperback
PublisherLittle, Brown
Synopsis
The definitive biography of one of the most courageous women in American history "reveals Harriet Tubman to be even more remarkable than her legend" (Newsday).
Celebrated for her exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman has entered history as one of nineteenth-century America's most enduring and important figures. But just who was this remarkable woman? To John Brown, leader of the Harper's Ferry slave uprising, she was General Tubman. For the many slaves she led north to freedom, she was Moses. To the slaveholders who sought her capture, she was a thief and a trickster. To abolitionists, she was a prophet.
Now, in a biography widely praised for its impeccable research and its compelling narrative, Harriet Tubman is revealed for the first time as a singular and complex character, a woman who defied simple categorization.
"In the first major biography of Harriet Tubman in more than 100 years, we see the heroine of children's books and biopics with a new clarity and richness of detail." --Lev Grossman, Time
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About Catherine Clinton
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Catherine Clinton
Born 1952
Catherine Clinton is the Denman Professor of American History at the University of Texas at San Antonio, a post she took up in August 2014. She continues as an international research professor in the School of History and Anthropology at her former university Queen's University Belfast. She specializes in American History, with an emphasis on the history of the South, the American Civil War, American women, and African American history. - Wikipedia
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