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Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol

Nell Irvin Painter

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Though she was born into slavery and subjected to physical and sexual abuse by her owners, Sojourner Truth came to represent the power of individual strength and perseverance. She championed the disadvantaged--black in the South, women in the North--yet spent much of her free life with middle-class whites, who supported her, yet never failed to remind her that she was a second class citizen. Slowly, but surely, Sojourner climbed from beneath the weight of slavery, secured respect for herself, and utilized the distinction of her race to become not only a symbol for black women, but for the feminist movement as a whole.

Language: English

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: October 17, 1997

ISBN: 0393317080

ISBN 13: 9780393317084

Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol

Nell Irvin Painter

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Though she was born into slavery and subjected to physical and sexual abuse by her owners, Sojourner Truth came to represent the power of individual strength and perseverance. She championed the disadvantaged--black in the South, women in the North--yet spent much of her free life with middle-class whites, who supported her, yet never failed to remind her that she was a second class citizen. Slowly, but surely, Sojourner climbed from beneath the weight of slavery, secured respect for herself, and utilized the distinction of her race to become not only a symbol for black women, but for the feminist movement as a whole.

Language: English

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: October 17, 1997

ISBN: 0393317080

ISBN 13: 9780393317084

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