Bound for the promised land: Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero

Introduction --

Life on the Chesapeake in black and white --

Sweet gum and prickly burrs : the changing world of the eastern shore --

"Devilish" mistresses and harsh masters : black family life under the lash --

"Shadow of a voice in the talking leaves" : the hidden world of black communication --

"Mean to be free" : the fragile light of liberty --

All for the love of family --

Stampede of slaves --

Moses meets John Brown --

Fractured family --

It was raining blood : Harriet Tubman's Civil War --

A hero is remembered --

Myth and memory --

Mother Tubman, the black Joan of Arc.