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Antislavery in the United States 1776-1865:
A Pathfinder
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Harriet Tubman
Books
Larson, Kate Clifford. Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman Portrait of an American Hero.
New York: Ballantine Books, 2004.
Larson narrates Tubman’s story very well. This book provides maps, a family tree, a chronology, and
a well-documented listing of endnotes. Start with this book first before reading other available titles.
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Websites
The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
A good starting point for locating information about people involved in antislavery/underground railroad,
including Harriet Tubman.
Documenting the American South
This extensive digital archive of southern history contains text, images, and audio files.
The University Library of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill maintains this site.
Below are Harriet Tubman resources available from Documenting the American South:
- About Harriet Tubman
- Benjamin Griffith Brawley, Women of Achievement
- Sarah H. Bradford (Sarah Hopkins), Harriet, the Moses of Her People
- Sarah H. Bradford (Sarah Hopkins), Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
A brief biography of Harriet Tubman available through the PBS Africans in America website. Included in the site is
a Portrait of Harriet Tubman and Incident in Troy New York.
Harriet Tubman biography
This one page biography of Tubman also includes a bibliography and website listings. This vignette is part of Women in History.
Hathi Trust Digital Library
This digital repository makes available collections from numerous research libraries. Use the
Catalog for locating
items about Harriet Tubman.
The Life of Harriet Tubman
Another brief introduction to Harriet Tubman. New York History Net is the author of this site.
Making of America (MOA) - Joint venture between Cornell University and the University of Michigan.
This digital library contains scanned images of US primary sources from 1850 to 1877. A good
amount of material pertaining to antislavery sentiment, fugitive slaves, and the Civil War
can be found in this site. The Cornell
version focuses on popular journals of the time, containing a few articles mentioning Harriet Tubman.
The National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) contains various documents pertaining to slavery.
Their website includes resources pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
Also see their New to Archival Research?
and About NARA’s Holdings pages
for more information about researching Tubman at NARA facilities.
Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection
The Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections maintains this excellent resource containing
antislavery material. One may search or browse this website for digitized pamphlets about Tubman.
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