Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman

Sarah Hopkins Bradford (1818 - 1912)

A portrait of Harriet Tubman is scheduled to replace that of Andrew Jackson on the front of the U.S. $20 bill in 2020. Sarah H. Bradford, who knew Tubman personally, wrote these scenes from Tubman's extraordinary life in 1869. - Summary by Sue Anderson

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction and Preface Sue Anderson
00:14:10
Play 01 The Escape Sue Anderson
00:19:09
Play 02 Joe Sue Anderson
00:25:25
Play 03 The Civil War: Nurse and Scout Sue Anderson
00:15:48
Play 04 Harriet Brings Away Her Parents Sue Anderson
00:21:11
Play 05 Harriet Saves Her Three Brothers Sue Anderson
00:20:52
Play 06 Scenes from Her Early Life Sue Anderson
00:27:23
Play 07 The Fugitive Slave Law and Charles Nalle Sue Anderson
00:26:09
Play 08 Harriet's Charity Embraces Even the Slaveholder Sue Anderson
00:10:55