ISBN:
9780197552810
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xxxiv, 782 pages)
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Karten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fields-Black, Edda L. Combee
DDC:
973.7415
Keywords:
Tubman, Harriet
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United States
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Combahee River Raid, 1863
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Freed persons History 19th century
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Raids (Military science) History 19th century
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Tubman, Harriet,-1822-1913
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United States.-Army.-South Carolina Volunteers, 2nd (1863-1864)
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United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Participation, African American
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United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Participation, Female
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United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-African Americans
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South Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865
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Campaigns
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United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
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Participation, African American
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United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
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Participation, Female
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United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
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African Americans
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Combahee River (S.C.) History, Military 19th century
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Tubman, Harriet 1820-1913
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Sezessionskrieg
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Militärischer Einsatz
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Schwarze
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Befreiung
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Geschichte
Abstract:
Cover -- COMBEE -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Timeline -- A Note on Names -- Foreword -- Part One "The Prison-House of Bondage" -- 1. Last Captives -- 2. Old Heads -- 3. Stolen Children -- 4. Prime Hands -- 5. Freedom Seekers -- 6. Pikins -- 7. John Brown's "Men" -- Part Two The Proving Ground of Freedom -- 8. "Gun Shoot at Bay Point" -- 9. Broken Promises -- 10. Beaufort's Boatmen -- 11. Two of Us -- 12. Forever Free -- Part Three The Combahee River Raid -- 13. "A Pleasure Excursion" -- 14. Day Clean -- 15. "Some Credit" -- 16. "Great Sufferers" -- Part Four "We's Combee!" -- 17. Reaping Dead Men -- 18. Charleston Siege -- 19. Closed His Eyes -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
"This book offers the first full account of Harriet Tubman's Civil War service and the Combahee River Raid. It details how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines. It also recounts the story of enslaved families living in bondage and fighting for their freedom, using their own distinct and individual voices. The book uses more than 175 US Civil War pension files of the regiments of Second South Carolina Volunteers, including Tubman's. It is based on original documentation and written by a descendent of the enslaved men and women who fought in it, and in the process liberated themselves"--
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