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Washington, Margaret.

Title Sojourner Truth's America / Margaret Washington.

Publication Info.

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies	92 BIOGRAPHY TRUTH	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	92 TRUTH, SOJ	Check Shelf

Description	xx, 478 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-454) and index.
Contents	Introduction : The three lives of Sojourner Truth -- African and Dutch religious heritage -- Home is like a grave -- Better to me than a man -- Like Hagar and her children -- A rushing mighty wind -- Sanctification and perfection -- I will crush them with the truth -- The antislavery vanguard, 1833-1843 -- The Spirit calls me there -- A holy city -- The cold water army, Olive Gilbert, and Sojourner's Narrative -- The Bloodhound Bill and intensified activism -- The New York campaign -- God, you drive -- I go in for agitatin' -- Truth is powerful -- Proclaim liberty throughout the land -- Was woman true? -- I am on my way to Kansas -- Epilogue : Well done, good and faithful servant.
Subject	Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883.
	Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883 -- Political and social views.
	Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883 -- Friends and associates.
	African American abolitionists -- Biography.
	African American women -- Biography.
	Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
	Social problems -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 19th century.
	United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
	United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN	9780252034190 cloth alkaline paper
	0252034198 cloth alkaline paper

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