Harriet Tubman Myth, Memory, and History

Name: Harriet Tubman Myth, Memory, and History
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ISBN: 9780822340737

ISBN-10: 0822340739

ISBN-13: 9780822340737

Edition: 2007

Authors: Milton C. Sernett

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Harriet Tubman is one of America's most beloved historical figures, revered alongside luminaries including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. "Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History" tells the fascinating story of Tubman's life as an American icon. The distinguished historian Milton C. Sernett compares the larger-than-life symbolic Tubman with the actual "historical" Tubman. He does so not to diminish Tubman's achievements but rather to explore the interplay of history and myth in our national consciousness. Analyzing how the Tubman icon has changed over time, Sernett shows that the various constructions of the "Black Moses" reveal as much about their creators as they do about…

Book details

Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 11/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



"Minty"



"Moses the Deliverer"



"General Tubman



Sarah Bradford's Harriet Tubman



Saint, Seer, and Suffragist



The Apotheosis of "Aunt Harriet"



Earl Conrad and the Book That Almost Wasn't



"Spirits Rising"



Pride of Place



Historians Have Their Say


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Index