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Loading... Narrative of Sojourner Truth (original 1850; edition 2015)by Olive Gilbert, Sojourner Truth
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This spunky, resilient woman faced a lot of horrific circumstances and did some extraordinary things. Well worth the read, though it should be noted that the work is not actually autobiographical. ( ) After the state of New York freed all its slaves in 1826 (!), Sojourner Truth traveled from New York to Massachusetts and back, preaching...Gifts from her Mother, her extraordinary religious visions sustain and inspire her. Against all expectations, she frees her son with the help of lawyers, courts, and Quakers. Eventuall6y her son Peter goes to Sea for many years as she continues her travels and preaching. This account is Sojourner telling her story to Olive Gilbert up to her last interview with her master. She was an amazing lady. She took on the courts to get her son back for an improbable win. She walked all over New England walking and working, preaching the gospel. What she goes on to do after this book is even more amazing. I hadn't expected this book would be so deeply-seated in sermon. Religious texts are something that I struggle with, it's a personal struggle, it's nothing against the text, but my experiences just mean that I really find it hard to relate to sermons or religious texts. And yet, I learnt so much from Sojourner Truth, or, Isabella, as she was also known. There were parts of this story that commanded my attention. Truth took a white man to court, after the white man illegally stole her son. She was ruthless in her pursuit of her son, of justice, of this case, and that is why I wanted to read this book. There are many slave narratives out there, and so few of them are written by women. And here in this book, I felt her mother's love, her sense of justice and her tireless pursuit. Next on the list, I'd love to read her most famous speech, "Ain't I a Woman?" I feel like this is just the start of what I want to read from her. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained inThe Souls of Black Folk / Up From Slavery / Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass / Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl / Narrative of Sojourner Truth / Twelve Years a Slave by W. E. B. Du Bois
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HTML: 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. No library descriptions found. |
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