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Harriet's daughter / Marlene Nourbese Philip.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Caribbean writers seriesPublication details: Oxford ; Heinemann Educational, c1988.Description: 150 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0435989243 (pbk) :
Subject(s): Summary: Fourteen-year-old Margaret is growing up black in a white society, and female in a paternalistic West Indian community. Determined to be somebody in Canada, she adopts the persona of Harriet Tubman, the black woman who helped slaves escape from the United States to Canada. Nominated for the City of Toronto Award
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Books Books Portsmouth Branch Library Reference - Opened Reference W.I. JF Phi (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan PORT23080077
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"An original paperback."--Back cover.

"Winner of the 1988 Casa de Las Americas prize."--Cover.

Fourteen-year-old Margaret is growing up black in a white society, and female in a paternalistic West Indian community. Determined to be somebody in Canada, she adopts the persona of Harriet Tubman, the black woman who helped slaves escape from the United States to Canada. Nominated for the City of Toronto Award

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