Bound for the promised land
Subtitle: Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero
By: Kate Clifford Larson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ballantine
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913; Underground railroad; Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography; Slaves -- United States -- Biography; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; African American women -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-388) and index.
Table of contents: title: Life on the Chesapeake in black and white; title: Sweet gum and prickly burrs : the changing world of the Eastern shore; title: "Devilish" mistresses and harsh masters : black family life under the lash; title: "Shadow of a voice in the talking leaves" : the hidden world of black communication; title: "Mean to be free" : the fragile light of liberty; title: All for the love of family; title: Stampede of slaves; title: Moses meets John Brown; title: Fractured family; title: It was raining blood : Harriet Tubman's Civil War; title: A hero is remembered; title: Myth and memory; title: Mother Tubman, the black Joan of Arc.