Harriet Tubman : the life and the life stories /

Harriet Tubman : the life and the life stories / Jean M. Humez.

Chronicles the life of Harriet Tubman based on the text of stories she told about her life, discussing her childhood in slavery, her religious beliefs, her escape to the North, her role in the Underground Railroad, and other related topics.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Humez, Jean McMahon, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2003]
Series:Wisconsin studies in autobiography.
Subjects:
Tubman, Harriet, > 1822-1913.
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
Underground Railroad.
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography > History and criticism.
African American women > Biography > History and criticism.
African American women > Intellectual life.
Autobiography > African American authors.
Women and literature > United States.
Autobiography > Women authors.
Table of Contents:
  • The Life. The slavery years
  • Underground railroad years
  • The war years
  • Postwar years In Auburn
  • The later years
  • Coping with poverty
  • The life stories. Harriet Tubman's practices as a life-storyteller
  • Reading the core stories for Harriet Tubman's own perspective
  • Stories and sayings
  • Documents. Appendix A: A note on Harriet Tubman's kin
  • Appendix B: A note on the numbers.

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