Description
Truth's narrative is a powerful rendering of bondage, denial, and loss transcended by genius, family, and a spiritual base. It juxtaposes spirituality with moral turpitude. Truth was a freethinker who lived within a family of wretched circumstances in New York's Ulster County; she was a wife whose runaway husband had been beated into submission; a mother who reclaimed her only son from a brutal Georgia slaver; a person of principles who was duped by slavers and false prophets; and, finally, at 46, an orator, abolitionist, and member of the Northampton utopian community. As a companion to Truth's narrative, Washington presents a cogent, well-crafted introduction full of historical information that sketches a framework for understanding slavery as it was practiced in the Northeast. This slender book belongs in all literature and history collections.
Details
Author: |
Truth Sojourner Truth |
Author: |
Sojourner Truth |
ISBN 10: |
1607960257 |
Pages: |
80 |
Publisher: |
www.bnpublishing.com |
Publication Date: |
November 3, 2008 |
Binding: |
Paperback |
Weight: |
0.28lbs |