Narrative of Sojourner Truth - Hardcover

Truth, Sojourner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1945644702 ISBN 13: 9781945644702

Publisher: Chump Change, 1850

Synopsis

Unabridged value reproduction of Narrative of Sojourner Truth. She was sold for $100 but grew beyond her place in society to demand rights for women as well as African Americans.  This is her story.  This is her voice.

She is the passionate woman on the Smithsonian Institution’s list of “100 Most Significant Americans.” She was the first black woman to win a case against a white man to regain her son. She was important enough in her own time to meet Abraham Lincoln.

Read of her inspirational life in this unabridged, affordably printed volume.

About this title

Review:

"The time is long overdue for a compelling look at the legendary Sojourner Truth. Margaret Washington deserves our gratitude for reclaiming Truth and shedding light on the most enigmatic black woman of the 19th century."

-- Darlene Clark Hine, Professor of History, Michigan State University

From the Back Cover:

One of the most famous and admired African-American women in U.S. history, Sojourner Truth sang, preached, and debated at camp meetings across the country, led by her devotion to the antislavery movement and her ardent pursuit of women's rights. Born into slavery in 1797, Truth fled from bondage some 30 years later to become a powerful figure in the progressive movements reshaping American society.
This remarkable narrative, first published in 1850, offers a rare glimpse into the little-documented world of Northern slavery. Truth recounts her life as a slave in rural New York, her separation from her family, her religious conversion, and her life as a traveling preacher during the 1840s. A spellbinding orator and implacable prophet, she also describes her work as a social reformer, counselor of former slaves, and sponsor of a black migration to the West.
Frederick Douglass described her message as a "strange compound of wit and wisdom, of wild enthusiasm, and flint-like common sense."

About this edition

• Publisher: Chump Change
• Publication date: 1850
• ISBN 10: 1945644702
• ISBN 13: 9781945644702
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 46