Title: Glorying in tribulation : the lifework of Sojourner Truth /
Authors: Stetson, Erlene, 1949-; David, Linda.
Publisher: Michigan State University Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Truth, Sojourner,; Truth, Sojourner,; African Americans Biography; Abolitionists United States Biography; Social reformers United States Biography; African American abolitionists Biography
Abstract: Sojourner Truth's great contributions to the nineteenth-century abolitionist debate and the struggle for woman suffrage are extraordinary in both form and content. Far from excluding her from the discourse of politics, her illiteracy provided a foundation for the development of her ideology. She also proved to be adept at turning her audiences' beliefs and laws into justifications for her own unpopular views.
Contents: Speaking of shadows -- The country of the slave -- The claims of human brotherhood -- Sojourners -- I saw the wheat holding up its head -- Havest time for the black man, and seed-sowing time for woman: Nancy works in the cotton field.