Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Bondswoman of Olden Time, with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life" (Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers) [Hardcover]

Sojourner Truth (Author), Jeffrey Stewart (Introduction)

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Series: Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers | Publication Date: April 18, 1991

A fiery speaker, Sojourner Truth was among the foremost women evangelists. This reprint of her original 1878 publication sheds light into the life of this well-known ex-slave and ardent abolitionist.

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Jeffrey Stewart is at George Mason University. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (April 18, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195066383
• ISBN-13: 978-0195066388
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,761,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Social inequalities in Sojourner's time - 2002, July 22, 2002

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This review is from: Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Bondswoman of Olden Time, with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life" (Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers) (Hardcover)

My daughter at the age of 7 won 1st place in a speaker's contest.
He topic was excerpts from the "Narratives of Sojourner Truth" whose famous talk given at a Suffragettes meeting brought the eloquent discussion to a halt. The women ignored Sojourner's presence. They thought that they were speaking authentically on behalf of slaves women in their communities. Sojourner Truth using modern psychology "Ain't I a Woman Too" stopped the privileged womens' debates, cold, and brought the meeting to an abrupt halt. The effrontery of this "coloured woman!" They knew who she was, they knew she was there but they refused to let her have equal opportunity to join the discussions, or to speak on behalf of herself and those for whom it meant so much. The liberation of Women of all colours. This pattern of injustice or subjected placements of Black Women have not shifted since the Venus sign was discovered as the symbol for all women stuggles. Black Women still struggle to be recovered from "you do not exist syndromes." As a black woman who have sat on many Women's Committees in Canada. Sojourner Truth's story is my story.