Herizons, July 1st, 2005
THE NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH
Sojourner Truth
PENGUIN CLASSICS (ORIGINAL PUBLICATION DATE: 1884)
Before Rosa Parks, before abolition and before universal suffrage, there was Sojourner Truth. Unashamed, fearless and wise, she shaped American history and influenced human rights beyond the borders of the U.S. Travelling from state to state, this freed slave astounded crowds of white people by "a-testifyin' and showin' on 'em their sins agin my people." While sermonizing for 40 years, she received letters of admiration from the likes of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucretia Mott, Abraham Lincoln (...
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