TrackChapterReaderLength
0101 - HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGEMarc Kockinos2:09
0202 - ACCOMMODATIONSMarc Kockinos2:50
0303 - HER BROTHERS AND SISTERSMarc Kockinos3:25
0404 - HER RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTIONMarc Kockinos3:18
0505 - THE AUCTIONMarc Kockinos3:58
0606 - DEATH OF MAU-MAU BETTMarc Kockinos2:44
0707 - LAST DAYS OF BOMEFREEMarc Kockinos5:37
0808 - DEATH OF BOMEFREEMarc Kockinos3:29
0909 - COMMENCEMENT OF ISABELLA'S TRIALS IN LIFELALaird44:02
1010 - TRIALS CONTINUEDgodsownfool4:06
1111 - HER STANDING WITH HER NEW MASTER AND MISTRESSgodsownfool13:16
1212 - ISABELLA'S MARRIAGEgodsownfool3:04
1313 - ISABELLA AS A MOTHERgodsownfool3:42
1414 - SLAVEHOLDER'S PROMISESAnn Boulais4:07
1515 - HER ESCAPEAnn Boulais5:45
1616 - ILLEGAL SALE OF HER SONAnn Boulais5:06
1717 - IT IS OFTEN DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWNSundiata23:58
1818 - DEATH OF MRS. ELIZA FOWLERSundiata10:54
1919 - ISABELLA'S RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCESundiata37:20
2020 - NEW TRIALSmetgmz11:59
2121 - FINDING A BROTHER AND SISTERmetgmz4:13
2222 - GLEANINGSLucretia B.12:46
2323 - THE MATTHIAS DELUSIONLucretia B.20:01
2424 - FASTINGCori Samuel2:18
2525 - THE CAUSE OF HER LEAVING THE CITYCori Samuel10:53
2626 - THE CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSING A TRAVELLER A NIGHT'S LODGINGSundiata10:47
2727 - SOME OF HER VIEWS AND REASONINGSSundiata7:48
2828 - THE SECOND ADVENT DOCTRINESSundiata13:27
2929 - ANOTHER CAMP-MEETINGLinda Velwest17:27
3030 - LAST INTERVIEW WITH HER MASTERLinda Velwest3:42
3131 - CERTIFICATES OF CHARACTERLinda Velwest3:02

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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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
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Read by Multiple readers
Length 4 hours and 21 minutes
Type of Reading Collaborative reading

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