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Narrative of Sojourner Truth

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 Narrative of Sojourner Truth


基本信息出版社:Dover Publications Inc.
页码:80 页
出版日期:1997年07月
ISBN:048629899X
条形码:9780486298993
装帧:平装
正文语种:英语
丛书名:Dover Thrift Editions
外文书名:索琼纳特鲁思自述

内容简介 This inspiring memoir, first published in 1850, recounts the struggles a distinguished African-American abolitionist and champion of women’s rights. Sojourner Truth tells of her life in slavery, her self-liberation, and her travels across America in pursuit of racial and sexual equality. Essential reading for students of American history.

编辑推荐 From Library Journal
Truth's narrative is a powerful rendering of bondage, denial, and loss transcended by genius, family, and a spiritual base. It juxtaposes spirituality with moral turpitude. Truth was a freethinker who lived within a family of wretched circumstances in New York's Ulster County; she was a wife whose runaway husband had been beated into submission; a mother who reclaimed her only son from a brutal Georgia slaver; a person of principles who was duped by slavers and false prophets; and, finally, at 46, an orator, abolitionist, and member of the Northampton utopian community. As a companion to Truth's narrative, Washington presents a cogent, well-crafted introduction full of historical information that sketches a framework for understanding slavery as it was practiced in the Northeast. This slender book belongs in all literature and history collections.
- Veronica Mitchell, New York City Board of Education
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Review
"The time is long overdue for a compelling look at the legendary Sojourner Truth. Margaret Washington deserves our gratitude for reclaiming Truth and shedding light on the most enigmatic black woman of the 19th century."

-- Darlene Clark Hine, Professor of History, Michigan State University -- Review --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Review
"The time is long overdue for a compelling look at the legendary Sojourner Truth. Margaret Washington deserves our gratitude for reclaiming Truth and shedding light on the most enigmatic black woman of the 19th century."

-- Darlene Clark Hine, Professor of History, Michigan State University --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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