Sojourner Truth : a life, a symbol /
Sojourner Truth: ex-slave and fiery abolitionist, figure of imposing physique, riveting preacher and spellbinding singer who dazzled listeners with her wit and originality. Straight talking and unsentimental, Truth became a national symbol for strong black women - indeed, for all strong women. Like...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton and Company,
[1996]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | Sojourner Truth: ex-slave and fiery abolitionist, figure of imposing physique, riveting preacher and spellbinding singer who dazzled listeners with her wit and originality. Straight talking and unsentimental, Truth became a national symbol for strong black women - indeed, for all strong women. Like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, she is regarded as a radical of immense and enduring influence; yet unlike them, what is remembered of her consists more of myth than of historical fact. Now, in a masterful blend of scholarship and sympathetic understanding, eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter goes beyond the myths, words, and photographs to uncover the life of a complex woman who was born into slavery and died a legend. Inspired by religion, Truth transformed herself from a domestic servant named Isabella into an itinerant Pentecostal preacher; her words of empowerment have inspired black women and poor people the world over to this day. As an abolitionist and a feminist, Truth defied the stereotype of "the slave" as male and "the woman" as white - expounding a fact that still bears repeating: among blacks there are women; among women, there are blacks. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Awards: | ALA Black Caucus Award for Nonfiction Winner, 1997 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-343) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0393027392 9780393027396 0393317080 9780393317084 |