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Sojourner Truth
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(c. 1797-1883) is perhaps the most famous black woman in American history, but only recently have historians begun to discover new "truths" about her. A slave for nearly thirty years, the illiterate Truth gained fame as an itinerant minister and outspoken advocate for African Americans and women. ....
Middle of essay ....ed in her Narrative: "she toiled hard, working early and late, doing a great deal for a little money, and turning her hand to almost any thing that promised good pay. Still, she could not prosper." 's honest poverty in New York City was similar to that experienced by the majority of free blacks in the antebellum North.
Truth might have faded into obscurity as an illiterate and anonymous black woman, but she had a knack for pursuing a cause until it became a cause c‚lebrŠ. For example, in .... |
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