Track | Chapter | Reader | Length |
01 | 01 - HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE | Marc Kockinos | 2:09 |
02 | 02 - ACCOMMODATIONS | Marc Kockinos | 2:50 |
03 | 03 - HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS | Marc Kockinos | 3:25 |
04 | 04 - HER RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION | Marc Kockinos | 3:18 |
05 | 05 - THE AUCTION | Marc Kockinos | 3:58 |
06 | 06 - DEATH OF MAU-MAU BETT | Marc Kockinos | 2:44 |
07 | 07 - LAST DAYS OF BOMEFREE | Marc Kockinos | 5:37 |
08 | 08 - DEATH OF BOMEFREE | Marc Kockinos | 3:29 |
09 | 09 - COMMENCEMENT OF ISABELLA'S TRIALS IN LIFE | LALaird4 | 4:02 |
10 | 10 - TRIALS CONTINUED | godsownfool | 4:06 |
11 | 11 - HER STANDING WITH HER NEW MASTER AND MISTRESS | godsownfool | 13:16 |
12 | 12 - ISABELLA'S MARRIAGE | godsownfool | 3:04 |
13 | 13 - ISABELLA AS A MOTHER | godsownfool | 3:42 |
14 | 14 - SLAVEHOLDER'S PROMISES | Ann Boulais | 4:07 |
15 | 15 - HER ESCAPE | Ann Boulais | 5:45 |
16 | 16 - ILLEGAL SALE OF HER SON | Ann Boulais | 5:06 |
17 | 17 - IT IS OFTEN DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN | Sundiata | 23:58 |
18 | 18 - DEATH OF MRS. ELIZA FOWLER | Sundiata | 10:54 |
19 | 19 - ISABELLA'S RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE | Sundiata | 37:20 |
20 | 20 - NEW TRIALS | metgmz | 11:59 |
21 | 21 - FINDING A BROTHER AND SISTER | metgmz | 4:13 |
22 | 22 - GLEANINGS | Lucretia B. | 12:46 |
23 | 23 - THE MATTHIAS DELUSION | Lucretia B. | 20:01 |
24 | 24 - FASTING | Cori Samuel | 2:18 |
25 | 25 - THE CAUSE OF HER LEAVING THE CITY | Cori Samuel | 10:53 |
26 | 26 - THE CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSING A TRAVELLER A NIGHT'S LODGING | Sundiata | 10:47 |
27 | 27 - SOME OF HER VIEWS AND REASONINGS | Sundiata | 7:48 |
28 | 28 - THE SECOND ADVENT DOCTRINES | Sundiata | 13:27 |
29 | 29 - ANOTHER CAMP-MEETING | Linda Velwest | 17:27 |
30 | 30 - LAST INTERVIEW WITH HER MASTER | Linda Velwest | 3:42 |
31 | 31 - CERTIFICATES OF CHARACTER | Linda Velwest | 3:02 |
Notes
Running Time: 4 hours and 21 minutes
Read by: Multiple readers
Book Coordinator: Ann Boulais
Meta Coordinator: Annise
Artwork
Cover: CDV of Sojourner Truth, undated, Cowan's Auctions, Wright's New York Gallery,Battlecreek, Mich.
Inset: Sojourner Truth, albumen silver print, circa 1870, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Randall Studio
Insert: Portrait of Sojourner Truth. From: Olive Gilbert. Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828. Boston: Printed for the author, 1850.
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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave reminds us that slavery at one time existed throughout the United States. Isabella Baumfree was born to a Dutch-speaking slave family 95 miles north of New York City. Her narrative describes the world of northern slavery: squalid living conditions, disruption of families, sale at auction, and cruel treatment. In 1826 she escaped to freedom. Soon after she became a devout Christian. In 1843, she became a Methodist, changed her name to Sojourner Truth, and was “called by the spirit” to preach the abolition of slavery. She took to the road as a preacher and social reformer. Her memoirs, dictated to her friend Olive Gilbert, were published in 1850. In that same year she spoke at the first National Women’s Rights Convention and bought a home in Northampton.
Truth was a mesmerizing pubic speaker. She traveled constantly and delivered hundreds of speeches advocating equal rights for blacks and women. She gained national recognition for a speech at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851 that came to be known as “Ain’t I a Woman?’. During the Civil War she helped recruit black soldiers for the Union Army and met with President Lincoln. In 1870 she started a movement to obtain land grants for former slaves and met with President U. S. Grant.
Her accomplishments have achieved increasing recognition over the years. Honors range from a U.S. postage stamp and a bust in the Capitol to the naming of Interstate Highway 194 and Asteroid 249521. The Smithsonian Institution named her to their list of 100 Most Significant Americans in 2014 and she was chosen by the U.S. Treasury in 2016 as one of five women to appear on the back of the $10 bill.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0683422134876 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0686175924145 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD Case |
Author | Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) and Olive Gilbert (1801-1884) |
Year | 1850 |
Recording | |
Read by | Multiple readers |
Length | 4 hours and 21 minutes |
Type of Reading | Collaborative reading |
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave
- Author: Sojourner Truth
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