Harriet Tubman: The Work of Freedom

100 Lives That Shaped the World · Episode 7

• Historical Biographies
• 39 min
• Ages 12–99
• 10 chapters

About this audiobook

A biography of Harriet Tubman as a self-liberated woman, Underground Railroad operative, Union scout and nurse, abolitionist, suffragist, and community builder.

Why it's worth a listen

It places Tubman's courage inside Black family, maritime, abolitionist, military, and mutual-aid networks while keeping slavery's violence and her agency in view.

A question to keep

How did Harriet Tubman turn hard-won knowledge, faith, and networks into a lifetime of collective action for freedom?

Based on the book by Emma's Library, published by Emma's Library

Chapters

1. Freedom Along the Combahee
2. A Family Held in Slavery
3. Injury, Faith, and Knowledge of the Land
4. Taking Freedom in 1849
5. Returning for Family and Friends
6. Freedom Was a Network
7. Abolition on the Edge of War
8. Nurse, Scout, Spy, and Raid Leader
9. The Long Fight After Emancipation
10. Memory Beyond the Moses Story