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qgg's review
4.0
We bought this book and a handful of others at a Black-owned bookstore in Baltimore. Little did I know that I needed to look up every author in the biographies section because many biographies about Black people are written by white authors. This is one of them. This biography was fairly well-written though the terminology needs updating—slaves to enslaved people, master to enslaver, etc. I did notice that the white conductors along the Underground Railroad are each briefly painted as white saviors, but the book’s focus does stay on Harriet and her will to survive. Harriet’s life after first escaping slavery is covered briefly in the epilogue. I’d like to see that written about in more depth. The writer skipped over how Harriet Tubman was the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War. Overall, it’s a pretty good book, though I’ll look for more options at our library.
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