Harriet Tubman of the Underground Railroad-Abolitionist, Civil War Scout, Civil Rights Activist
With a Short Biography of Harriet Tubman by Mrs. George Schwab
The life of an African-American iconHarriet Tubman (born in slavery, Araminta Ross in Maryland in 1822) was a remarkable abolitionist and political activist. She escaped from captivity and subsequently undertook thirteen missions on the 'Underground Railroad', risking capture and bondage, to rescue approximately 70 people from their slave-masters. After the introduction of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 she guided her charges all the way to Canada to establish them in new lives there. During the American Civil War Harriet volunteered to be a cook and nurse. Such was her courage and commitment to the cause of liberty, that she then became a scout and spy for the Union Army. Notably she guided the raid at Combahee Ferry which liberated hundreds of slaves. In later life she became active in the cause of women's suffrage-an inspiration to all African-Americans-and her fame rightly endures to the present day. Harriet Tubman survived two husbands, was devoutly religious and died in 1913, at more than 90 years of age, in a residential home for African-Americans she had founded. This Leonaur edition contains two accounts of her life for good value.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket. (lib)
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Sarah Elizabeth Hopkins was born August 20, 1818, in Mount Morris, New York. The Hon. Samuel Miles Hopkins (1772-1837) and Sarah Elizabeth Rogers (1778-1866) had seven children, and she was the youngest. Her father was a Yale University graduate, attorney, and judge who worked as a Federalist Party congressman (1813-1815), New York State Assemblyman (1820-1821), and New York State Senate member (1822). On May 15, 1839, she married distinguished Albany, New York lawyer (later judge) John Melancthon Bradford Jr. (1813-1860). The couple had six children: Charles, William, Mary, John, Elizabeth, and Louisa. Their two eldest boys were slain during the Civil War. Bradford's first of two pioneering works, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, was published in 1869, four years after the Civil War had ended. Tubman escaped slavery and then returned to assist many others in escaping as well, going to the northern United States and Canada before the Civil War via the Underground Railroad. Bradford wrote the book, which included lengthy interviews with Tubman, to gather funding for Tubman's care. The two got friendly. This was the first in-depth biography of Tubman. Bradford was one of the first Caucasian writers to address African-American issues, and her work achieved worldwide reputation and sold well. In 1886, she contacted Harriet Tubman, Moses of Her People, again to offer support.
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