<I>Narrative of Sojourner Truth</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1884
name: label: Published by
content: Review and Herald Publishing Association, founded 1949
label: Subject of
content: Sojourner Truth, American, 1797 - 1883
notes: label: Description
content: A first edition, hardcover book of the Narrative of Sojourner Truth. The dark brown cover has a gold illustration of Truth at center. There is a frontispiece portrait of an engraving of a photograph of Truth opposite the title page. The title page reads, [NARRATIVE / SOJOURNER TRUTH; / A Bondswoman of Olden Time, / EMANCIPATED BY THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE IN THE / EARLY PART OF THE PRESENT CENTURY; / WITH A HISTORY OF HER / LABORS AND CORRESPONDENCE / DRAWN FROM HER / "BOOK OF LIFE;" / ALSO, / A MEMORIAL CHAPTER, / GIVING THE PARTICULARS OF / HER LAST SICKNESS and DEATH]. There is a label on the front endpaper and a handwritten inscription on the front flyleaf, both for previous owners, and handwritten numerical inscriptions on the last page.
place: label: Place printed
content: Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Feminism
label: Topic
content: Free communities of color
label: Topic
content: Self-liberation
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Anti-slavery movements
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.5
objectType: label: Type
content: narratives
label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: Closed: 7 5/8 × 5 7/16 × 1 1/8 in. (19.4 × 13.8 × 2.9 cm)