Bound for the promised land : Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero / Kate Clifford Larson.

Author: Larson, Kate Clifford.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : Ballantine, c2004.

Descriptionxxi, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-388) and index.

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