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Sojourner Truth (/soʊ'dʒɜrnɛr 'truːθ/; Swartekill, Nueva York, c. 1797 - Battle Creek, Míchigan, 26 de noviembre de 1883) fue una abolicionista y activista por los derechos de la mujer. 1 Truth nació bajo la esclavitud, pero escapó con su hija en 1826. Después de recurrir a los tribunales para recuperar a su hijo, se convirtió en la ...
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth offers a first-hand, personal glimpse, of slavery in the early- to mid-1800s; and into the strength and character of a very inspirational / exceptional woman. Recommendation: Not as readable as the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas ; Sojourner Truth is yet a very worthwhile read for all who are interested in personal / oral history, especially of pre ...
9 de feb. de 1993 · 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 the Narrative of Sojourner Truth was published in 1850.
Sojourner Truth was an incredible, remarkable, epoch-defying woman who escaped from slavery and successfully sued for her son’s freedom, in addition to her career as a wildly successful orator and activist—a woman alive to the hypocrisies of her age, and unafraid to talk about them.Her autobiography, which she dictated, is an outstanding historical document.
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This narrative about the life of Sojourner Truth was dictated to her friend Olive Gilbert in 1850. However, Sojourner Truth who was born as Isabella Baumfree, went on to live until 1883; so, this is only a partial account of her life. She was born as a slave in the state of New York and spoke Dutch most of her young life.
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THE subject of this biography, SOJOURNER TRUTH, as she now calls herself-but whose name, originally, was Isabella-was born, as near as she can now calculate, between the years 1797 and 1800. She was the daughter of James and Betsey, slaves of one Colonel Ardinburgh, Hurley, Ulster County, New York.
