Project Gutenberg 1999-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 169 Gilbert, Olive Truth, Sojourner 1797 1883 Baumfree, Isabella Van Wagenen, Isabella Van Wagener, Isabella The Narrative of Sojourner Truth Slavery This book is put on-line as part of the BUILD-A-BOOK Initiative at the Celebration of Women Writers through the combined work of Laura LeVine, Margaret Sylvia, and Mary Mark Ockerbloom "The Narrative of Sojourner Truth" by Olive Gilbert and Sojourner Truth is a historical account dictated by the formerly enslaved woman Sojourner Truth in the mid-19th century. The book details her life experiences, focusing particularly on her journey from slavery to freedom and the profound struggles she faced as a Black woman in America, highlighting her resilience and faith throughout her trials. The opening of the narrative introduces Isabella, later known as Sojourner Truth, recounting her early life as a slave, born to James and Betsey in New York. It describes her family dynamics, the painful separations caused by slavery, and the harsh conditions under which enslaved individuals lived. Truth's reflections on her mother's teachings about God illustrate her deep spiritual beliefs. As she transitions from her childhood in bondage to an auction that threatens to separate her from her family, the narrative sets the stage for her subsequent challenges and triumphs in the struggle for her own freedom and the freedom of others. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Truth, Sojourner, -1883 African American abolitionists -- Biography African Americans -- Biography Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography Social reformers -- United States -- Biography E151 Text Category: Biographies Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Religion/Spirituality 238191 2025-07-01T10:22:02.020511 text/html 238012 2025-01-07T18:04:09.894402 text/html 172500 2025-07-01T10:22:07.897493 application/epub+zip 172595 2025-07-01T10:22:04.778489 application/epub+zip 160254 2025-07-01T10:22:03.698518 application/epub+zip 334594 2025-07-01T10:22:10.445455 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315703 2025-07-01T10:22:07.234519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273544 2022-08-01T10:11:14.081148 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220751 2025-07-01T10:22:01.744540 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 212913 2015-06-20T06:25:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 83685 2015-06-20T07:03:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18869 2025-07-01T10:22:10.571457 application/rdf+xml 15340 2025-07-01T10:22:04.192529 image/jpeg 3745 2025-07-01T10:22:03.945550 image/jpeg 169701 2025-07-01T10:22:02.040513 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia