Profiles the life of Sojourner Truth, born a slave and later freed, who dedicated her life to fighting for equal rights for African Americans and women.
Describes the life of the anti-slavery and women's rights activist, from her beginnings in slavery to her tireless campaign for the rights and welfare of the freedmen.
Sojourner Truth was born to slaves. She had no choice. But when she grew to be a young mother herself, she ran away with her child looking for freedom. She used her voice to speak for all slaves wanting to be free.
Presents the life and accomplishments of Sojourner Truth, from her early life as a slave to her role as advocate for both the abolitionist and the suffragist movement.
School & Library Binding
(Turtleback Books, Jan. 1, 2003)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A Childhood of Famous Americans biography of the former slave who became a nationally known advocate for equality and justice.
A biography of the Black woman who was born a slave and dedicated her life to the abolition of slavery and to improving the living conditions of Blacks following the Civil War.
A biography of the Black woman who was born a slave and dedicated her life to the abolition of slavery and to improving the living conditions of Blacks following the Civil War.
Sojourner Truth was born to slaves. She had no choice. But when she grew to be a young mother herself, she ran away with her child looking for freedom. She used her voice to speak for all slaves wanting to be free.
Sojourner Truth lived a truly remarkable life. She had the ear of President Abraham Lincoln and fellow abolitionists Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and William Lloyd Garrison. One of the most persuasive and influential activists of her day, Truth was also an effective recruiter of African Americans into the Union army during the Civil War.