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Chargement... Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850)par Sojourner Truth, Olive Gilbert
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This spunky, resilient woman faced a lot of horrific circumstances and did some extraordinary things. Well worth the read, though it should be noted that the work is not actually autobiographical. ( ) After the state of New York freed all its slaves in 1826 (!), Sojourner Truth traveled from New York to Massachusetts and back, preaching...Gifts from her Mother, her extraordinary religious visions sustain and inspire her. Against all expectations, she frees her son with the help of lawyers, courts, and Quakers. Eventuall6y her son Peter goes to Sea for many years as she continues her travels and preaching. This account is Sojourner telling her story to Olive Gilbert up to her last interview with her master. She was an amazing lady. She took on the courts to get her son back for an improbable win. She walked all over New England walking and working, preaching the gospel. What she goes on to do after this book is even more amazing. I hadn't expected this book would be so deeply-seated in sermon. Religious texts are something that I struggle with, it's a personal struggle, it's nothing against the text, but my experiences just mean that I really find it hard to relate to sermons or religious texts. And yet, I learnt so much from Sojourner Truth, or, Isabella, as she was also known. There were parts of this story that commanded my attention. Truth took a white man to court, after the white man illegally stole her son. She was ruthless in her pursuit of her son, of justice, of this case, and that is why I wanted to read this book. There are many slave narratives out there, and so few of them are written by women. And here in this book, I felt her mother's love, her sense of justice and her tireless pursuit. Next on the list, I'd love to read her most famous speech, "Ain't I a Woman?" I feel like this is just the start of what I want to read from her. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la série éditorialeEst contenu dansThe Souls of Black Folk / Up From Slavery / Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass / Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl / Narrative of Sojourner Truth / Twelve Years a Slave par W. E. B. Du Bois
One of the most important slave narratives of all time, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth tells the story of an African American woman who struggled against the bondages of slavery in the mid-1800s. With the strength of her spirituality, she overcame obstacles to become a leading abolitionist and champion of women's rights. Published originally in 1850 and later updated, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth was dictated by Sojourner Truth to her neighbor, Olive Gilbert. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)305.567092Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Groups of people Class Lower, alienated, excluded classesClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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