Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Life -- The Slavery Years -- The Underground Railroad Years -- The War Years -- The Postwar Years in Auburn -- The Later Years -- Coping with Poverty -- Part 2: The Life Stories -- Harriet Tubman's Practices as a Life-Storyteller -- Reading the Core Stories for Harriet Tubman's Own Perspective -- Part 3: Stories and Sayings -- Part 4: Documents -- Appendix A: A Note on Harriet Tubman's Kin -- Appendix B: A Note on the Numbers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index