![]() ![]() ![]() In 1826, betrayed by an owner who reneged on his promise to free her if she ``worked extra hard,'' Belle made the first of many intrepid moves, and escaped with her youngest child. ![]() Born a slave in Ulster County, N.Y., in 1797, ``Hardenbergh's Belle'' (so named after her first owner) had been bought and sold by several masters by the time she was a teenager. The forceful narrative also offers a startling portrayal of a pivotal yet appalling era in American history. This work by the authors of A Long Hard Journey-The Story of the Pullman Porter is a great deal more than a biography of a remarkable woman. ![]()
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