Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169) and index.

Foreword by Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely -- Preface by Rita Daniels -- Heritage -- Castles of torment -- From one Hell to another -- Modesty survives the Atlantic Ocean -- John Green -- Slave clothing -- Devil in the neighborhood: Patty Cannon -- Minty's early life -- Mind's eye -- Slave Bible -- Fugitive Slave Act -- Songs of code -- Shoes are made for walking -- Base of operations -- Parents in the Promised Land -- Auburn, New York, and the Sewards -- John Brown -- Post-John Brown -- Pre-Civil War and Lincoln -- Civil War scout -- Combahee River Raid -- Finally, a furlough -- Surrender and the first Juneteenth -- A new chapter begins -- Suffragette era -- Nelson Davis, marriage and afterward -- Onward with the Dream -- Second biography released -- Widow years -- Conventions -- Queen Victoria -- Harriet undergoes brain surgery -- Return to Boston -- AME Zion Church -- Auburn resident -- The passing of an American icon -- Harriet Tubman's funeral -- World War II Naval ship naming -- Harriet Tubman Tugboat naming -- USNS Harriet Tubman-Second Naval ship naming -- Harriet Tubman CIA statue -- Commemorative coins -- Elders honored in Ghana -- Final thoughts -- Bibliography -- Appendix A: Timeline -- Appendix B: Who's who -- Appendix C: Family tree -- Index