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Combee : Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black freedom during the Civil War Cover Image Book

Combee : Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black freedom during the Civil War / Edda L. Fields-Black.

Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black freedom during the Civil War (portion title)
Fields-Black, Edda L., (author.).

Summary:

"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 descendant of the enslaved men and women who fought in it, and in the process liberated themselves."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780197552797
  • ISBN: 019755279X
  • Physical Description: xxxii, 742 pages, 72 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-716) and index.
Awards Note:
Pulitzer Prize for History, 2025

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Subject:
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.
United States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 2nd (1863-1864)
Combahee River Raid, 1863.
Freed persons > South Carolina > History > 19th century.
Raids (Military science) > History > 19th century.
South Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, Female.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans.
Combahee River (S.C.) > History, Military > 19th century.
Genre:
Biographies.
Informational works.

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