How a Raid in 1863 Freeing 700 Slaves Became a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book

How a raid in 1863 freeing 700 slaves became a Pulitzer Prize-winning book

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How a raid in South Carolina freeing 700 slaves became a Pulitzer Prize-winning book

Edda Fields-Black gives a keynote speech for Juneteenth at Carnegie Mellon University in 2024. (Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University)Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice plantations when she came across the story of a raid in Beaufort, South Carolina, that freed more than 700 slaves from Lowcountry plantations. The Carnegie Mellon University professor decided to pursue the story and, nearly a decade later, published “COMBEE: Harr…

How a South Carolina raid freeing 700 slaves became a Pulitzer Prize-winning book

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How a raid in SC freeing 700 slaves became a Pulitzer Prize-winning book

Edda Fields-Black gives a keynote speech for Juneteenth at Carnegie Mellon University in 2024. (Provided/Carnegie Mellon University)Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice plantations when she came across the story of a raid in Beaufort that freed more than 700 slaves from Lowcountry plantations. The Carnegie Mellon University professor decided to pursue the story and, nearly a decade later, published “COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Comb…

How a raid freeing 700 slaves became a Pulitzer Prize-winning book

This black-and-white photo shows Harriet Tubman posed, standing with her hands perched on a chair. (Photo via U.S. National Archives)Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice plantations when she came across the story of a raid in Beaufort that freed more than 700 slaves from Lowcountry plantations. The Carnegie Mellon University professor decided to pursue the story and, nearly a decade later, published “COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Com…

How a South Carolina raid freeing 700 slaves became a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by a Pa. author

Edda Fields-Black first learned about the June 1863 raid reading an account by Minus Hamilton, who was an 88-year-old slave when the daring mission led by Tubman freed him.