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Harriet Tubman: Escape From Slavery to Freedom Journey
Denise White recounts Harriet Tubman’s brutal early life as a slave, harsh mistress, and forced labor. Amid escalating abuse and a move to plantation under Thompsons, Harriet’s secret longing for freedom grows through stories of escape. After marriage to John Tubman, she learns of aid from a sympathetic white woman and leads a perilous bid for the North with her brothers, who falter and are sold. Harriet presses on toward liberty.
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Harriet
John Stewart
Stewart
John Tubman
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Bucktown
Doc Thompson
Georgia
Underground Railroad
Maryland
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