In 1869, Sarah Hopkins Bradford published
Scenes in the Life of
Harriet Tubman. Though often disjointed, this account presented
to the public a legendary figure of the Underground Railroad. In
1886, Bradford substantially rewrote the biography at the request
of Tubman, who hoped its sales would raise enough funds for the
building of a hospital for old and disabled colored people. This
second edition,
Harriet, the Moses of Her People,
provided little new information, but arranged the jumbled narrative
of
Scenes in chronological order, providing a clearer
account of Tubman's life.
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