Title: Sojourner Truth
Subtitle: A Life, a Symbol
First published: 1996
Description: 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.
Subjects: Biography, Abolitionists, Women social reformers, Women abolitionists, Social reformers, African American abolitionists, Afro-American abolitionists, Biografie, 1000blackgirlbooks, MuhĐammad, Prophet, d. 632, Truth, sojourner, 1799-1883, African americans, biography, Truth, sojourner , -1883, Truth, sojourner , 1799-1883, African american abolitionists--biography, Abolitionists--united states--biography, Women abolitionists--united states--biography, Social reformers--united states--biography, Women social reformers--united states--biography, E185.97.t8 p35 1996, 305.5/67/092 b
Places: United States
People: Sojourner Truth (d. 1883)
LC classification: E185.97.T8 P35 1996