Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Author, "She Came to Slay"

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Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Author, "She Came to Slay"

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Erica Armstrong Dunbar, professor of history at Rutgers University, talks about her book, "She Came to Slay," about the life and exploits of Underground Railroad conductor and Union Army spy, Harriet Tubman.
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Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Author, "She Came to Slay"

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