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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sojourner TruthPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Vintage Books Edition: Annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.176kg ISBN: 9780679740353ISBN 10: 067974035 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 09 February 1993 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe 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. <br>-- Darlene Clark Hine, Professor of History, Michigan State University 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 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 Author Information"Sojourner Truth, born Isabella, a slave in Ulster County, New York, around 1797, became an abolitionist, orator, and preacher, and eventually an icon for strong black women. She was emancipated by state law in 1827, and the following year she moved to New York City, where she found work in wealthy households and became increasingly involved in unorthodox religious groups. In the early 1830s she joined the commune or ""Kingdom"" of the Prophet Matthias. By 1843 she had transformed herself into the itinerant preacher Sojourner Truth and spent most of the next 13 years in Northampton, Massachusetts. Illiterate, she dictated her autobiography to her neighbor Olive Gilbert, and theNarrative of Sojourner Truthwas published in 1850. The following year Truth set out to promote her book and to speak out on abolition and women's rights. In the 1870s Truth's friend and informal manager Frances Titus compiled a new edition of theNarrative, adding the ""Book of Life,"" a scrapbook comprising essays, articles, and letters from Truth's contemporary admirers. Truth died in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1883, and the following year Titus published a new edition that included ""A Memorial Chapter.""" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |