Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
An Underground Railroad Biography of Courage, Faith, and Freedom in the Antebellum SouthBy Sarah H. Bradford
Length6h 40m
About this audiobook
Sarah H. Bradford's *Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman* (1869) is an early, influential biography of the formerly enslaved abolitionist, combining narrative episodes, testimonial material, and moral reflection. Moving from Tubman's brutal Maryland enslavement through her escape, repeated missions on the Underground Railroad, Civil War service, and later humanitarian work, Bradford presents her subject as a figure of extraordinary courage, faith, and providential purpose. Its episodic structure, vivid anecdotal style, biblical imagery, and appeals to eyewitness authority place the book within nineteenth-century abolitionist literature and the developing tradition of African American life writing. Though shaped by Protestant sentiment and the conventions of heroic biography, it preserves essential public testimony about Tubman's achievements and helped establish her enduring historical image. Bradford was a New England educator and author whose antislavery convictions and personal acquaintance with Tubman gave her unusual access to the subject. She gathered accounts from Tubman and people who had witnessed her activities, writing in a period when formerly enslaved people's experiences were increasingly entering print culture but were still mediated by white editors and patrons. The book also had a practical purpose: its proceeds were intended to support Tubman, whose poverty persisted despite her immense public service. Readers interested in abolitionism, women's history, African American studies, and nineteenth-century religious culture will find this volume indispensable. It should be read both as a compelling foundational narrative and critically, with attention to its devotional framing and mediation. Bradford's work remains valuable for understanding not only Harriet Tubman's remarkable life, but also how that life was first presented to the American public.
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length6 hrs 40 mins
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Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1FREDERICK DOUGLASS - Life Narratives of a Former American Slave, Abolitionist & Statesman (Annotated)
2INTRODUCTION
3PREFACE
4SOME SCENES IN THE LIFE OF HARRIET TUBMAN
5Extracts from a letter written by Mr. Sanborn, Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of State Charities
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6Statements made by Martin I. Townsend, Esq., of Troy, who was counsel for the fugitive, Charles Nalle
7APPENDIX
8ESSAY ON WOMAN-WHIPPING
9Harriet: The Moses of Her People
10PREFACE
11HARRIET, THE MOSES OF HER PEOPLE
12SOME ADDITIONAL INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF "HARRIET"
13APPENDIX
14FUGITIVE SLAVE RESCUE IN TROY
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