Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black freedom during the Civil War

Timeline A note on names Foreword "The prison-house of bondage". Last captives Old heads Stolen children Prime hands Freedom seekers Pikins John Brown's "men" The proving ground of freedom. "Gun shoot at Bay Point" Broken promises Beaufort's boatment Two of us Forever free The Combahee River Raid. "A pleasure excursion" Day clean "Some credit" "Great sufferers" "We's Combee!". Reaping dead men Charleston siege Closed his eyes Afterword

Appendixes. 6.A.1. Walter Blake, list of Negroes lost from ... estate of Jos. Blake, Pringle Family Papers, 1745-1897, South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, SC ; 10.A.1. James Seymour Severance's diary, May 1, 1862, Collection of Michael Emett Sr., Billings, Montana ; 13.A.1. Circular, Headquarters Third Military District, March 23, 1863, The war of rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies, ser. I, vol. XIV (Washington, DC: GPO. 1880-1901), 292-293 ; 13.A.2. Statement of Francis Izard, contraband, June 1, 1863, US Provost Marshal Papers, 1861-1867, Record Group 109, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC ; 13.A.3. Names of Harriet Tubman's spies, scouts, and pilots, Charles P. Wood, "A history concerning the pension claim of Harriet Tubman," Record Group 233, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC ; Appendix 14.A.1. Special orders no. 112, Headquarters Third Military District, McPhersonville, May 26, 1863, The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies, ser. 1, vol. XIV (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1880-1901), 292 ; Appendix 16.A.1. Walter Blake to Maria Hough Blake, May 3, 1863, Walter Blake Papers, 1821-1874, South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia ; Appendix 16.A.2. Claim by William C. Heyward, June 27, 1863, Claims of property loss, 1862-1864, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia ; Appendix 16.A.3. Claim by Joshua Nicholls, September 17, 1863, Claims of property loss, 1862-1864, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia ; 16.A.4. Claim by William L. Kirkland, November 5, 1863, Claims of property loss, 1862-1864, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia ; Appendix 16.A.5. Claim by William L. Kirkland, March 6, 1863, Claims of property loss, 1862-1864, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia ; 17.A.1. Petition with attached Sheriff's letter, order, and copy of the tax execution, asking to be refunded part of his taxes collected under execution for property and slaves abandoned or seized by the enemy in Colleton District, Petitions to the General Assembly, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, SC ; 19.A.1 Neptune Nicholas to April Singleton (In trust for others), Deed for Sale, January 2, 1880, Neptune Nicholas et al. to April Singleton, Jan. 2, 1880, Deed Book 4, 85, Colleton County Register of Deeds ; 19.A.2. Molcy Chisolm's letter, 1907, Pension file for March (Molcy) Chisolm, Record Group 15, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC ; 19.A.3. Primus Barnwell's letter, Pension file for William (Relia) Middleton, Record Group 15, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.