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raquel_g 's review for:
She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Harriet Tubman herself deserves all the stars, but the writing of this biography wasn't my style. The repetition of a number of facts was a bit grating, and despite the shortness of the book, it seemed like there were a lot of filler sentences. There was a plenty of good information here, which I enjoyed, but for me, so many of the facts just led to more questions. When did this anecdote happen? How did she get the resources to make this journey? How did she manage to stay safe traveling through Northern and Southern states even after the Fugitive Slave Act? Wait, what do you mean her niece's husband secretly bid on said niece to free her, then smuggled her 90 miles away…all while the auctioneer was at lunch? How does that work, and what was Harriet's part in that rescue? etc., etc. This is a fine introduction to the life of an absolutely amazing woman, but I'll look for a more thorough and focused biography in the future.