Harriet Tubman (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Catherine Clinton
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: About 1820-1913
- Setting: Eastern Shore of Maryland, the slave-holding South, and New York State
- Principal Characters: Harriet Tubman, Harriet Green, Benjamin Ross, John Tubman, John Brown, Charles Nelson Davis, William Seward
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, New York, Blacks, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Underground railroad, Civil War, Women, Heroes or heroism, Maryland
- Locales: New York, Maryland
Catherine Clinton's biography of Harriet Tubman has been widely praised by critics as a highly readable, historically accurate portrayal of the life and times of this heroic woman. Tubman was illiterate throughout her life, so she left no diaries or letters in her own hand. Moreover, the essential secrecy of the Underground Railroad, the movement with which Tubman's life was inextricably bound, means that personal details of her story can never be recovered. Catherine Clinton, a distinguished historian, has relied on meticulous research and her extensive knowledge of African American...
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