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Cover of Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman Slavery, the Civil War, and Civil Rights in the Nineteenth Century

  • Published: 20 Aug 2015
  • DOI: 10.4324/9780203694497
  • Print ISBN: 9780415825115
  • eBook ISBN: 9780203694497

Escaped slave, Civil War spy, scout, and nurse, and champion of women’s suffrage, Harriet Tubman is an icon of heroism. Perhaps most famous for leading enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad, Tubman was dubbed “Moses” by followers. But abolition and the close of the Civil War were far from the end of her remarkable career. Tubman continued to fight for black civil rights and campaigned fiercely for women’s suffrage throughout the remainder of her life.

In this vivid, concise narrative supplemented by primary documents, Kristen T. Oertel introduces readers to Tubman’s extraordinary life, from the trauma of her childhood slavery to her civil rights activism in the late nineteenth century, and in the process reveals a nation’s struggle over its most central injustices.

Contents

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    Front Matter
  • Harriet Tubman
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      Introduction
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      1
      Minty
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      2
      Moses
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      3
      General
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      4
      Aunt Harriet
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      5
      Myth, Memory, and History
  • Documents
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      Document 1: Runaway Advertisement for Minty (Harriet Tubman) and Her Two Brothers October 3, 1849
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      Document 2: “A Letter to American Slaves” from the Fugitive Slave Convention at Cazenovia, NY August 22, 1850
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      Document 3: Thomas Garrett Describes Harriet Tubman December 16, 1855
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      Document 4: Charles Nalle Rescue April 27, 1860
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      Document 5: The Corwin Amendment (1861) and the Thirteenth Amendment (1863) to the Constitution
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      Document 6: Combahee River Raid June 1–2, 1863
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      Document 7: Conflict with Train Conductor October 1865
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      Document 8: Harriet Tubman’s Marriage to Nelson Davis March 18, 1869
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      Document 9: Tubman Honored at Founding Convention of the National Association of Colored Women July 20–22, 1896
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      Document 10: The Press Amplifies the Myth of Harriet Tubman July 31, 1909
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      Document 11: Franklin B. Sanborn’s Memorial to Harriet Tubman March 19, 1913
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      Document 12: S.S. Harriet Tubman Announced March 21, 1942
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    Back Matter