COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War
Description
Drawing on original documents and family history, this landmark work reconstructs the Combahee River Raid of June 1863, when Harriet Tubman guided Union gunboats through South Carolina’s rice plantations and more than 700 enslaved people seized their freedom. It places the raid within the larger struggle of the Civil War, illuminating the lives and resistance of the enslaved communities who made the region’s wealth—and who transformed a military operation into one of the largest acts of collective emancipation in the continental United States. Richly researched and deeply humane, the book brings long-overlooked historical actors into focus while tracing the raid’s enduring significance for Black freedom and the Gullah Geechee community.
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Published Feb 2, 2027
ISBN: 9780197855355
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Details
First Published
2024
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War by Edda L. Fields-Black.