Combee : Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black freedom during the Civil War /
Fields-Black, Edda L.,
Combee : Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black freedom during the Civil War / Edda L. Fields-Black. - 1 online resource. - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Most Americans know of Harriet Tubman's legendary life: escaping enslavement in 1849, she led more than 60 others out of bondage via the Underground Railroad, gave instructions on getting to freedom to scores more, and went on to live a lifetime fighting for change. Yet the many biographies, children's books, and films about Tubman omit a crucial chapter; during the Civil War, hired by the Union Army, she ventured into the heart of slave territory - Beaufort, South Carolina - to live, work, and gather intelligence for a daring raid up the Combahee River to attack the major plantations of Rice Country, the breadbasket of the Confederacy. Edda L. Fields - Black - herself a descendent of one of the participants in the raid - shows how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines.
Specialized.
9780197552827 No price
10.1093/oso/9780197552797.001.0001 doi
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.
United States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 2nd (1863-1864)
Combahee River Raid, 1863.
Freed persons--History--South Carolina--19th century.
Raids (Military science)--History--19th century.
History.
History of the Americas.
South Carolina--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Participation, Female.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--African Americans.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Combahee River (S.C.)--History, Military--19th century.
E473.9 / F54 2024
973.734
Combee : Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black freedom during the Civil War / Edda L. Fields-Black. - 1 online resource. - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Most Americans know of Harriet Tubman's legendary life: escaping enslavement in 1849, she led more than 60 others out of bondage via the Underground Railroad, gave instructions on getting to freedom to scores more, and went on to live a lifetime fighting for change. Yet the many biographies, children's books, and films about Tubman omit a crucial chapter; during the Civil War, hired by the Union Army, she ventured into the heart of slave territory - Beaufort, South Carolina - to live, work, and gather intelligence for a daring raid up the Combahee River to attack the major plantations of Rice Country, the breadbasket of the Confederacy. Edda L. Fields - Black - herself a descendent of one of the participants in the raid - shows how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines.
Specialized.
9780197552827 No price
10.1093/oso/9780197552797.001.0001 doi
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.
United States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 2nd (1863-1864)
Combahee River Raid, 1863.
Freed persons--History--South Carolina--19th century.
Raids (Military science)--History--19th century.
History.
History of the Americas.
South Carolina--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Participation, Female.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--African Americans.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Combahee River (S.C.)--History, Military--19th century.
E473.9 / F54 2024
973.734