Harriet Tubman

Informationen zum Autor Milton C. Sernett is Professor Emeritus of African American Studies and History at Syracuse University. Among his books are African American Religious History: A Documentary Witness and Bound for the Promised Land: African American Religion and the Great Migration, both also published by Duke University Press, and North Star Country: Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American Freedom. Klappentext An exploration of the way history, meaning, and memory have interacted in the process of transforming Harriet Tubman into an American icon and a figure of inspiration like Abraham Lincoln or Fredrick Douglass. Zusammenfassung Harriet Tubman is one of America's most beloved historical figures! revered alongside luminaries including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. This book tells the story of Tubman's life as an American icon. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Minty 11 2. Moses the Deliverer 41 3. General Tubman 73 4. Sarah Bradford's Harriet Tubman 105 5. Saint, Seer, and Suffragist 131 6. The Apotheosis of Aunt Harriet 165 7. Earl Conrad and the Book That Almost Wasn't 195 8. Spirits Rising 225 9. Pride of Place 255 10. Historians Have Their Say 293 Appendix 321 Notes 325 Bibliography 371 Index 395

Klappentext
An exploration of the way history, meaning, and memory have interacted in the process of transforming Harriet Tubman into an American icon and a figure of inspiration like Abraham Lincoln or Fredrick Douglass.


Zusammenfassung
Harriet Tubman is one of America's most beloved historical figures, revered alongside luminaries including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. This book tells the story of Tubman's life as an American icon.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. “Minty” 11
2. “Moses the Deliverer” 41
3. “General Tubman” 73
4. Sarah Bradford’s Harriet Tubman 105
5. Saint, Seer, and Suffragist 131
6. The Apotheosis of “Aunt Harriet” 165
7. Earl Conrad and the Book That Almost Wasn’t 195
8. “Spirits Rising” 225
9. Pride of Place 255
10. Historians Have Their Say 293
Appendix 321
Notes 325
Bibliography 371
Index 395

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