Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War is a 2024 book by American historian Edda L. Fields-Black, PhD. Dr. Fields-Black documents Harriet Tubman’s service during the American Civil War, particularly her role in the June 1 – 2, 1863, Combahee River Raid. The raid was a Union military operation that freed 756 enslaved people from rice plantations in South Carolina’s Lowcountry.
Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black’s book received the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History, among numerous other awards. Dr. Fields-Black will be available to sign copies of her book at Hampton University Museum on the last day of the exhibition, Sunday, September 27, 2026, from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. Books will be available for sale at the signing.