Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War Puzzles In discovering her autonomy

In discovering her autonomy

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These are incisive and intimate portraits of African American families in everyday moments of anxiety and crisis that look at how they use agency to navigate their predicaments

Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War Puzzles In discovering her autonomyThe story of the Combahee River Raid, one of Harriet Tubman's most extraordinary accomplishments, based on original documents and written by a descendant of one of the participants. Most Americans know of Harriet Tubman's legendary life: escaping enslavement in 1849, she led more than 60 others out of bondage via the Underground Railroad, gave instructions on getting to freedom to scores more, and went on to live a lifetime fighting for change. Yet