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Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
Harriet Tubman is often turned into a near-mythical hero, which makes her real story both easier to swallow and harder to pin down. What if we looked past the legend and met the stubborn, illiterate, fiercely religious woman who risked everything to break chains? That’s what Catherine Clinton tries to do—no sugarcoating, no hero worship, just the messy humanity behind the myth.
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