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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786496603321

Autore

Bradford Sarah H (Sarah Hopkins), <1818-1912.>

Titolo

Harriet, the Moses of her people [[electronic resource] /] / by Sarah Hopkins Bradford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, NC, : University of North Carolina Press, 2012

ISBN

1-4696-0783-2

1-4696-0782-4

Edizione

[DocSouth Books edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (83 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/115/092

973.7115092

Soggetti

Enslaved persons - United States

African Americans

Underground Railroad

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"DocSouth books edition"

Nota di contenuto

About This Edition; Summary; PREFACE.; HARRIET, THE MOSES OF HER PEOPLE.; APPENDIX

Sommario/riassunto

In 1869, Sarah Hopkins Bradford published Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. Though often disjointed, this account presented to the public a legendary figure of the Underground Railroad. In 1886, Bradford substantially rewrote the biography at the request of Tubman, who hoped its sales would raise enough funds for the building of a hospital for old and disabled colored people. This second edition, Harriet, the Moses of Her People, provided little new information, but arranged the jumbled narrative of Scenes in chronological order, providing a clearer account of T