JOURNAL ARTICLE

Harriet's legacies: Race, historical memory, and futures in Canada.

  • Published In: Canadian Geographer, 2023, v. 67, n. 3. P. e23 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Jeffers, Asha 3 of 3

Abstract

The editors rightly assert that the legacies of Harriet Tubman "must be seen at once as ongoing, collective practices of antiracism and freedom seeking" (p. 36). Published in 2022, almost two centuries since the Underground Railroad's most famous conductor was born, Ronald Cummings and Natalee Caple's I Harriet's legacies i seeks to explore the ways in which Harriet Tubman, as both a person and a symbol, continues to resonate across time and space. In such a context, the way that Cummings and Caple take up Harriet Tubman manages to disrupt both these narratives, by recentring Harriet Tubman as a diasporic rather than simply African American figure and by asserting that Harriet Tubman's time in Canada was important and not outside of her political life, as is sometimes depicted. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Canadian Geographer. 2023/09, Vol. 67, Issue 3, pe23
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0008-3658
  • DOI:10.1111/cag.12861
  • Accession Number:171904455
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