Narrative of Sojourner Truth: Memoirs of an American Slave
- ISBN-10
- 1494978016
- ISBN-13
- 9781494978013
- Series
- Narrative of Sojourner Truth
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-01-11
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Pub
- Authors
- Sojourner Truth, Olive Gilbert
Description
Narrative of Sojourner Truth, Memoirs of an American Slave, By Olive Gilbert, Based on information provided by Sojourner Truth, Her best-known extemporaneous speech on gender inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?", was delivered in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. During the Civil War, Truth helped recruit black troops for the Union Army; after the war, she tried unsuccessfully to secure land grants from the federal government for former slaves.
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