Harriet Tubman: Freedom Leader by Tanya Savory
Freedom passage regarding crossing into the north- p48-49 "There are two things I've got a right to, and these are death or liberty. One of the other, I mean to have." p69 "I can't trust Uncle Sam with my people any longer." p72 "The Fourth of July is yours, not mine!" Douglass boomed, raising his fist into the air. For how could even one black person of the millions of black people in the United States celebrate Independence Day when not one black person was truly free? p78 discussion of why some people believed slavery was acceptable -79 capture of a black man in the North- p82 "You see," the general explained, "there will still be hundreds of slaves who won't even know they're free. The Rebels certainly won't let them know about the new law. Part of your job will be letting them know they're free." p97 Gender "Now look here. I done worked as hard as any man for twenty-four years. I made ...