Harriet Tubman

Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern Shore

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

AvJean Marie Wiesen,Rita Daniels,Jean Marie Wiesen

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A revolutionary portrait of Harriet Tubman—told with the voice of history and the authority of family. Harriet Tubman is one of the most iconic figures in American history, yet much of her true story has long been fragmented, misunderstood, or incomplete. While countless books recount her courage on the Underground Railroad, few explore the full scope of her strategic brilliance, military service, and lifelong leadership. Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary sets out to correct the record. Drawing on deep archival research and rare family oral history, authors Jean Marie Wiesen and Rita Daniels—Tubman’s great-great-great-grandniece—present the first biography to involve a Tubman family member since Harriet herself was interviewed in 1886. This groundbreaking work reveals how Harriet’s childhood head injury limited her ability to complete early biographical interviews, leading to omissions that persisted for generations. It also uncovers her ancestral roots in Ghana, her role as a Union Army scout, spy, and strategist during the Civil War, and her tireless postwar activism as a suffragist, community leader, and founder of the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged. Richly detailed and deeply human, this book offers a nuanced portrait of a woman whose intelligence, resilience, and moral clarity shaped American history—and whose legacy continues to resonate today.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-03-27
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt363 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagPegasus Books
MedarbetareBlakely,QueenMotherDr.Delois
ISBN9781639368136

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Jean Marie Wiesen, a noted investigative author and mystery crime writer, is author of Case of the Missing Look Alikes and Case of the Mouse Trap Legend. She attended Art Center College of Design in Southern California, where she majored in Still Photography and minored in Creative Writing. The author continued polishing her writing craft under the tutelage of British author Robert Pollock.Rita Daniels, the great-great-great grandniece of Harriet Tubman, is the President and Founder of the Harriet Tubman Learning Center (HTLC) based in Powder Springs, Georgia. She earned her Master’s Degree in Education and Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources (Cum Laude) at Trident University International. Rita’s mission is to promote the education of underserved children, so no child suffers the humiliation of illiteracy, as Harriet did.Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely champions the aspirations of women, youth, education, economic-social development, and community relations. She graduated from the Franciscan Handmaids of Mary College and has received numerous honors as a Community Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); an Education Policy Fellow with the International Education Leadership (IEL); a Fulbright Scholar in Tanzania and Nigeria; Master of Education Degrees from Harvard University, Teachers College, and Columbia University; and a Doctorate of Education Degree from Teachers College. She was appointed “The Community Mayor of Harlem” and sworn in by former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Her duties as the Community Mayor of Harlem include supporting the needs of youth, family, and the community-at-large. In 2009, Blakely was appointed Goodwill Ambassador to Africa.