Larson, Kate Clifford.

Bound for the promised land : Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero / Kate Clifford Larson. - 1st ed. - New York : Ballantine, c2004. - xxi, 402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports., facsim. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-388) and index.

Life on the Chesapeake in black and white -- Sweet gum and prickly burrs : the changing world of the Eastern shore -- "Devilish" mistresses and harsh masters : black family life under the lash -- "Shadow of a voice in the talking leaves" : the hidden world of black communication -- "Mean to be free" : the fragile light of liberty -- All for the love of family -- Stampede of slaves -- Moses meets John Brown -- Fractured family -- It was raining blood : Harriet Tubman's Civil War -- A hero is remembered -- Myth and memory -- Mother Tubman, the black Joan of Arc.

ISBN: 0345456270

LCCN: 2004297886

Subjects--Personal Names:
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Underground railroad.
Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography.
Slaves--United States--Biography.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
African American women--Biography.

LC Class. No.: E444.T82 / L37 2004 E444.T82 / L37 2004