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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a northern slave, emancipated from bodily servitude by the state of New York, in 1828. Dictated by Sojourner Truth, ca. 1797-1883. Edited by Olive Gilbert, 1801-1884. With an appendix by Theodore D. Weld, 1803-1895. Boston: The Author, 1850.
1 de nov. de 1998 · With an eloquence that resonates more than a century after its original publication in 1850, the narrative bears witness to Sojourner Truth's thirty years of bondage in upstate New York and...
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Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in 1797 to enslaved parents James and Elizabeth Baumfree, in Ulster County, New York. Around age nine, she was sold at an auction to John Neely for $100, along with a flock of sheep. Neely was a cruel and violent master who beat the young girl regularly. She was sold two more times by age 13 and ultimately...
At the turn of the 19th century, New York started legislating emancipation, but it would take over two decades for liberation to come for all enslaved people in the state. In the meantime, Dumont promised Isabella he’d grant her freedom on July 4, 1826, “if she would do well and be faithful.” When the date arrived, however, he had a change of heart...
After the New York Anti-Slavery Law was passed, Dumont illegally sold Isabella’s five-year-old son Peter. With the help of the Van Wagenens, she filed a lawsuit to get him back. Months later, Isabella won her case and regained custody of her son. She was the first Black woman to sue a white man in a United States court and prevail.
The Van Wagenens had a profound impact on Isabella’s spirituality and she became a fervent Christian. In 1829, she moved to New York Citywith Peter to work as a housekeeper for evangelist preacher Elijah Pierson. She left Pierson three years later to work for another preacher, Robert Matthews. When Elijah Pierson died, Isabella and Matthews were ac...
In 1844, Truth joined a Massachusetts abolitionist organization called the Northampton Association of Education and Industry, where she met leading abolitionists such as Frederick Douglassand effectively launched her career as an equal rights activist. Among Truth's contributions to the abolitionist movement was the speech she delivered at the Ohio...
Like another famous escaped enslaved woman, Harriet Tubman, Truth helped recruit Black soldiers during the Civil War. She worked in Washington, D.C., for the National Freedman’s Relief Association and rallied people to donate food, clothes and other supplies to Black refugees. Her activism for the abolitionist movement gained the attention of Presi...
“If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.” “Then that little man in Black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a wo...
In 1867, Truth moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, where some of her daughters lived. She continued to speak out against discrimination and in favor of woman’s suffrage. She was especially concerned that some civil rights leaders such as Frederick Douglass felt equal rights for Black men took precedence over those of Black women. Truth died at home on...
Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I A Woman? National Park Service. Sojourner Truth: A Life of Legacy and Faith. Sojourner Truth Institute. Sojourner Truth Meets Abraham Lincoln—On Equal Ground. Biography. Sojourner Truth. National Park Service. Sojourner Truth. WHMN: National Women’s History Museum. Sojourner’s Words and Music. Sojourner Truth Memorial Commi...
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14 de dic. de 2019 · Sojourner Truth dictated her Narrative to fellow feminist and abolitionist, Olive Gilbert. First published in 1850, it reveals the striking differences between slavery in the North and in the South. For example, while hideous conditions could be found in either region, Northern slaves were much more isolated from other African ...
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1 de feb. de 1999 · In 1850, she dictated what would become her autobiography—The Narrative of Sojourner Truth—to Olive Gilbert, who assisted in its publication. Truth survived on sales of the book, which also brought her national recognition.
Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828. Boston: The Author, 1850. Summary. Sojourner Truth (ca. 1799-1883) is renowned for her work as an itinerant preacher and public speaker.
