Harriet Tubman by Jean Humez - 9780299191245

Harriet TubmanThe Life and the Life Stories\nAuthor(s): Jean Humez\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press, United States\nImprint: University of Wisconsin Press\nISBN-13: 9780299191245, 978-0299191245\nSynopsis\nHarriet Tubmans name is known world-wide and her exploits as a self-liberated Underground Railroad heroine are celebrated in childrens literature, film, and history books, yet no major biography of Tubman has appeared since 1943. Jean M. Humezs comprehensive Harriet Tubman is both an important biographical overview based on extensive new research and a complete collection of the stories Tubman told about her lifea virtual autobiography culled by Humez from rare early publications and manuscript sources. This book will become a landmark resource for scholars, historians, and general readers interested in slavery, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, and African American women.\n\nBorn in slavery in Maryland in or around 1820, Tubman drew upon deep spi.