Sojourner Truth

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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

People: Sojourner Truth (d. 1883)

Places: United States