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First published in 1886, "Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People" is the fascinating biography of Harriet Tubman by American author and historian Sarah H. Bradford. The second of Bradford's works on the life of the courageous former slave and abolitionist, Tubman herself worked closely with the author to ensure that the details of her amazing life were captured accurately. Bradford's biography begins with Tubman's birth into slavery in Maryland in...
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American experience volume AE3
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A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, Who was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present time. CONTAINING An Account of the Murder of her Father and his Family; her sufferings; her marriage to two Indians; her troubles with her Children; barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the life of her last Husband, &c.; and many Historical...
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American experience volume AE13
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Fanny Kelly recounts her capture and captivity by the Oglala Sioux during the mid-nineteenth century.
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American experience volume 1
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Portrays the history of the native Americans from prehistoric time to the present. Include illustrations of materials created by Indians which thus give an insight into their culture, pictures revealing the Indians' perceptions of themselves and of their way of life, prints of paintings done by Charles Bird King, George Catlin and Karl Bodmer, and others. Also contains print of a poster advertising opening land opportunities in Indian territory, pictures...
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The American experience volume 5
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Life on the range is observed in Big Piney, Wyoming, where the romantic image is contrasted to the hard life and harder hours of reality.
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Covers the story of Emeline Gurney of Fayette Maine, who was sent by her impoverished parents to work in the mills of Lowell, Mass. Lowell was an extraordinary community, the only mill town specifically designed to employ and accommodate young women workers from all over the northeast. Explores the impact of a legend on one very small town in Maine.