Sojourner Truth: Slave, Prophet, Legend

by Carleton Mabee

Book Overview

Goes beyond the myths and legends to reveal new insights into the real life of Sojourner Truth

Many Americans have long since forgotten that there ever was slavery along the Hudson River. Yet Sojourner Truth was born a slave near the Hudson River in Ulster County, New York, in the late 1700s. Called merely Isabella as a slave, once freed she adopted the name of Sojourner Truth and became a national figure in the struggle for the emancipation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814755259
• ISBN13: 9780814755259
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"