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The Black Moses Harriet Tubman and the Sacred Fire of Liberation
Paperback
Biographies GeneralCivil War Period (1850-1877)
Publisher: Serena Capuozzo
Published: Jun 2 2026
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
She was born into chains, but destiny had other plans.
Under the veil of midnight skies, through snake-infested swamps and along paths no map dared trace, one woman defied an empire built on human suffering. Armed with nothing but an unshakable faith, a loaded pistol, and a fire in her soul that no whip could ever extinguish, Harriet Tubman didn't just escape slavery; she went back. Again. And again. And again.
Nineteen missions. Over three hundred souls. Not a single one lost.
The Black Moses strips away the mythology to reveal something far more extraordinary than legend: the truth. This is the story of a woman who suffered seizures from a brutal blow to the head and turned her visions into a compass. A woman the slaveholders placed a $40,000 bounty on, and never caught. A spy who outwitted Confederate generals. A liberator who told the trembling and the doubtful, Move or die, and meant every word.
From the brutal plantations of Maryland's Eastern Shore to the bloodstained battlefields of the Civil War, this gripping account illuminates the sacred, unstoppable force that drove one of history's most fearless freedom fighters. It is a story of impossible courage, divine defiance, and a love for humanity so fierce it reshaped the conscience of a nation.
Some heroes are remembered. Harriet Tubman is eternal.
Open this book. Walk the path. Feel the fire.
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