Harriet Tubman : Myth, Memory, and History /

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Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History tells the fascinating story of Harriet Tubman's life as an American icon. The distinguished historian Milton C. Sernett compares the larger-than-life symbolic Tubman with the actual "historical" Tubman. He does so not to diminish Tubman's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sernett, Milton C., 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Duke University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tubman, Harriet, > 1822-1913
Tubman, Harriet, > 1822-1913.
Tubman, Harriet, > 1822-1913 > Public opinion.
Tubman, Harriet, > 1822-1913 > Influence.
Underground Railroad.
Slaves.
Public opinion.
Memory > Social aspects.
Legends.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Fugitive slaves.
African American women heroes.
African American women.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Esclaves > États-Unis > Biographies.
Esclaves fugitifs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Noires americaines > Biographies.
Legendes > États-Unis.
Heroïnes noires americaines.
Slaves > United States > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
Memory > Social aspects > United States.
Legends > United States.
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Minty"
  • "Moses the Deliverer"
  • "General Tubman"
  • Sarah Bradford's Harriet Tubman
  • Saint, seer, and suffragist
  • The apotheosis of "Aunt Harriet"
  • Earl Conrad and the book that almost wasn't
  • "Spirits Rising"
  • Pride of Place
  • Historians have their say.

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