{"product_id":"harriet-tubman-a-life-in-american-history-9781538164747","title":"Harriet Tubman: A Life in American History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarriet Tubman served a pivotal role in leading slaves to freedom in the decade before the Civil War. This biography offers a demythologized chronicle of her life and work, providing information about her life as a slave, role as conductor on the Underground Railroad, work as a military scout during the Civil War, and postwar activism for blacks and women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarriet Tubman: A Life in American History provides valuable context that situates Harriet Tubman against the backdrop of the slavery debate in antebellum America, and the hardships endured by ex-slaves in postbellum America. As such, the timeframe covers nearly a full century, from the first quarter of the nineteenth to the first quarter of the twentieth. In addition to ten biographical chapters and a short timeline, Harriet Tubman includes an interpretive essay reflecting on Tubman's importance in American history, an appendix of primary documents about Tubman's life and work, a bibliography, and a number of sidebars and short commentaries embedded in the text that invite readers to explore connections between Tubman's life and political, intellectual, and social culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis excellent work is a synthesis . . . , presenting Tubman as the fascinating, headstrong, self-sacrificing, physically damaged, financially destitute, and occasionally gullible person that she was in historical reality. One hopes this book will find its way into many classrooms, and that, in better days to come, she will yet appear on our currency. Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Paul Harvey, CHOICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Foreword vii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Peculiar Institution 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeglected Weed 19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Bondage to Freedom 37\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Underground Railroad 53\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturn to the Jaws 71\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall-Scale Guerrilla Warfare 87\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Struggle Widens 105\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This Black Heroine” 127\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpoverished Legend 147\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMother Tubman 165\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy Harriet Tubman Matters 183\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimeline 195\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrimary Documents 199\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography 217\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex 223\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863388094807,"sku":"9781538164747","price":33.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538164747.jpg?v=1759920473","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/harriet-tubman-a-life-in-american-history-9781538164747","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}