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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

Olive Gilbert

Psychology & SocietyEnglish
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Born into slavery around 1797 in Ulster County, New York, in a Dutch-speaking household, the girl named Isabella was sold several times, beaten and separated…

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Author
Olive Gilbert
Category
Psychology & Society
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

Born into slavery around 1797 in Ulster County, New York, in a Dutch-speaking household, the girl named Isabella was sold several times, beaten and separated from her children. In 1826 she walked away to freedom with her infant daughter, and later went to court to recover her young son, who had been illegally sold into slavery in Alabama, becoming one of the first Black women to win such a case against a white man. In 1843 she took the name Sojourner Truth and began travelling as a preacher against slavery and for women's rights.

Context and significance

Sojourner Truth (about 1797–1883) could not read or write, and she dictated this story to her friend Olive Gilbert; it was published in 1850, and she sold copies at her meetings to support herself. Her speeches, above all the one remembered as 'Ain't I a Woman?', made her a legend. Read also Frederick Douglass's Narrative and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

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