About the author
Edda L. Fields-Black is a historian whose research focuses on West African rice cultures, slavery, emancipation, and the South Carolina Lowcountry. She is also descended from a participant in the Combahee River Raid.
Combee reconstructs Harriet Tubman's intelligence work and the Black communities that made the 1863 raid possible. The history follows freedom beyond rescue boats into military service, refugee camps, land, and Reconstruction.
Where to start
Start with Combee for a documented history of the Combahee River Raid that restores the local spies, soldiers, families, and freed people around Tubman.
