Combee : Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black freedom during the Civil War / Edda L. Fields-Black.

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Fields-Black, Edda L. [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
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Most Americans know of Harriet Tubman's legendary life: escaping enslavement in 1849, she led more than 60 others out of bondage via the Underground Railroad, gave instructions on getting to freedom to scores more, and went on to live a lifetime fighting for change. Yet the many biographies, children's books, and films about Tubman omit a crucial chapter -- during the Civil War, hired by the Union Army, she ventured into the heart of slave territory - Beaufort, South Carolina - to live, work, and gather intelligence for a daring raid up the Combahee River to attack the major plantations of Rice Country, the breadbasket of the Confederacy. Edda L. Fields - Black - herself a descendent of one of the participants in the raid - shows how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines.
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Also issued in print: 2024.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Specialized.
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Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 4, 2024).
ISBN
9780197552827 (ebook)
OCLC
1410463481
Doi
10.1093/oso/9780197552797.001.0001
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