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    Pulitzer Prize-Winning Edda L. Fields-Black on the Combahee River Raid

    Harriet Tubman’s revolutionary Civil War raid and the power of preserving Black history in the face of political pushback.
    by Edda Fields-Black, Janell Hobson via Ms. Magazine on June 2, 2025
  • Combahee River.

    Harriet Tubman and the Second South Carolina Volunteers Bring Freedom to the Combahee River

    The story of how Harriet Tubman led 150 African American soldiers to rescue over 700 former slaves freed five months earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation.
    by Edda Fields-Black via History Uncut on June 19, 2024
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Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War
Edda Fields-Black
2024
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The Radical Faith of Harriet Tubman

A new book conveys in dramatic detail what America’s Moses did to help abolish slavery. Another addresses the love of God and country that helped her do so.
by Casey N. Cep via The New Yorker on June 24, 2024
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Harriet Tubman and the Most Important, Understudied Battle of the Civil War

Edda L. Fields-Black sets out to restore the Combahee River Raid to its proper place in Tubman’s life and in the war on slavery.
by Eric Herschthal via The New Republic on February 23, 2024

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