Toward the Promised Land: From Uncle Tom's Cabin to the Onset of the Civil War (1851-1861) - Wilma King - Hardcover

Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" speech & Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin focused attention on the issues facing women & blacks in the decade before the Civil War. Other key events covered in this book are the Dred Scott decision & John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. The book concludes with the firing on Fort Sumter. Chronology, bibliography & index. Part of the Milestones in Black American History series.Hine, Darlene Clark is the author of 'Toward the Promised Land: From Uncle Tom's Cabin to the Onset of the Civil War (1851-1861) - Wilma King - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780791026915 and ISBN 0791026914.