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Foreword
Preface
PART ONE. Introduction: An Uncommon Woman and Her Times
Myth and Reality
Slavery in Maryland
The Multiracial Underground Railroad and Antislavery Movement
Resistance and the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
The Moses of Her People
Growing Sectional Tensions and Greater Militancy
Tubman and the Antislavery Network
John Brown’s War
Fighting the War to End Slavery
Going Home
Tubman’s Life into the Twentieth Century
Harriet Tubman in History and Memory
PART TWO. The Documents
1. United States Constitution, Provision Regarding Fugitive Slaves, 1787
2. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
3. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
4. Austin Bearse, Reminiscences of Fugitive-Slave Law Days in Boston
5. Solomon Northup, Kidnapped Into Slavery, 1841
6. Eliza Ann Brodess, Runaway Advertisement, 1849
7. Liberator, Slave-Hunters in Boston, November 1, 1850
8. Thomas Garrett, Sending Underground Railroad Passengers to Philadelphia, 1854
9. William Still, ‘Moses’ Arrives with Six Passengers, December 29, 1854
10. Fugitive Slaves aided by the Vigilance Committee since the passage of The Fugitive slave Bill 1850, Boston, Massachusetts, 1850-1858
11. John Brown, Letter to John Brown, Jr., April 8, 1858
12. Liberator, Tubman Addresses July 4th Outdoor Meeting, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1859
13. Lewis Hayden, Letter to John Brown, September 16, 1859
14. Douglass’ Monthly, Charles Nalle Rescue, Troy, New York, April, 1860
15. Songs of Freedom, Emancipation Eve, 1862
16. Commonwealth, Harriet Tubman, Combahee River Raid, June, 1863
17. Commonwealth, Harriet Tubman, Boston, 1864
18. Freedmen’s Record, Moses, March, 1865
19. Thomas Garrett, Memories of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
20. Frederick Douglass and Wendell Phillips, 1868 Testimonials
21. William Wells Brown, Moses, 1874
22. Sarah H. Bradford, Harriet Tubman Biographies, 1869 and 1886
23. Harriet Davis, Affidavit, May 28, 1892
24. Harriet Davis, Affidavit, November 10, 1894
25. Wilbur H. Siebert, Letter to Earl Conrad, September 4, 1940
26. U. S. Senate, Committee on Pensions Report, 1899
27. Syracuse Herald, To End Days in Home She Founded, June 4, 1911
28. New York Times, Harriet Tubman Davis, Obituary, March 14, 1913
29. Auburn Citizen, Harriet Tubman Memorialized, Auburn, New York, June 12, 1914
Appendixes
A Chronology of the Life and Times of Harriet Tubman (1822 – 1913)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Index
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