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Sojourner Truth, one of the most revered figures in American
history, explains her road to liberation, spiritual enlightenment
and the development of her feminist values. It's a critical view of
her enduring commitment to freedom and equality. In The Narrative
of Sojourner Truth, the author delivers an honest look at her
eventful life. Starting in New York, where she born to enslaved
parents, Sojourner eventually escaped with her daughter in tow.
Later, she became the first black woman to sue a white slaveowner
for custody of her own child. She won the case, setting a precedent
that many African Americans would follow. This narrative also
includes her work as a preacher, where she focused on spreading the
word of God. Truth became a charismatic orator, seeking liberation
and gender equality. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is a
harrowing yet inspiring tale of an American hero. It explores how a
formerly enslaved woman defied the odds to become a powerful beacon
of hope. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is
both modern and readable.
Truth's landmark slave narrative chronicles her experiences as a slave in upstate New York and her transformation into an extraordinary abolitionist, feminist, orator, and preacher. Based on the complete 1884 edition, this volume includes the "Book of Life," a collection of letters and sketches about Truth's life written subsequent to the original 1850 publication of the Narrative, and "A Memorial Chapter," a sentimental account of her death.
'I am a woman's rights. I have plowed and reaped and husked and
chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that? I am as
strong as any man that is now' A former slave and one of the most
powerful orators of her time, Sojourner Truth fought for the equal
rights of Black women throughout her life. This selection of her
impassioned speeches is accompanied by the words of other inspiring
African-American female campaigners from the nineteenth century.
One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas
series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who
have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics,
feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.
Truth's narrative is a powerful rendering of bondage, denial, and
loss transcended by genius, family, and a spiritual base. It
juxtaposes spirituality with moral turpitude. Truth was a
freethinker who lived within a family of wretched circumstances in
New York's Ulster County; she was a wife whose runaway husband had
been beated into submission; a mother who reclaimed her only son
from a brutal Georgia slaver; a person of principles who was duped
by slavers and false prophets; and, finally, at 46, an orator,
abolitionist, and member of the Northampton utopian community. As a
companion to Truth's narrative, Washington presents a cogent,
well-crafted introduction full of historical information that
sketches a framework for understanding slavery as it was practiced
in the Northeast. This slender book belongs in all literature and
history collections.
Straightforward, yet often poetic accounts of the battle for
freedom, three memoirs by courageous black women vividly chronicle
their struggles in the bonds of slavery, their rebellion against
degrading injustice, and their determination to attain racial
equality. In "Narrative of Sojourner Truth," one of the most
important documents on slavery ever written, a passionate African
American abolitionist and champion of women's rights tells of her
life as a slave, her self-liberation, and her tireless campaign for
racial and sexual equality. "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"
is the 1861 autobiographical account of the brutality of slave life
by Harriet Jacobs, who speaks frankly of her master's abuse and her
eventual escape, in a tale of dauntless spirit and faith. In "The
History of Mary Prince, "the first black woman to escape from
slavery in the British colonies and publish a record of her
experiences vividly recalls her life in the West Indies, her
rebellion against physical and psychological degradation, and her
1828 escape in England.
In 1826 Sojourner Truth fled from bondage to become a powerful
figure in the progressive movement reshaping American society. Her
narrative, first published in 1850, provides a window onto the
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.
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