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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778969503321

Autore

Stetson Erlene <1949->

Titolo

Glorying in tribulation : the lifework of Sojourner Truth / / Erlene Stetson, Linda David

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 1994

ISBN

0-87013-908-8

0-585-18839-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DavidLinda

Disciplina

305.5/67/092

B

Soggetti

African American abolitionists

Abolitionists - United States

Social reformers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Michigan State University Press publisher's circle book"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Speaking of Shadows; Chapter 2. The Country of the Slave; Chapter 3. The Claims of Human Brotherhood; Chapter 4. Sojourners; Chapter 5. I Saw The Wheat Holding Up Its Head; Chapter 6. Harvest Time for the Black Man, and Seed-Sowing Time for Woman: Nancy Works in the Cotton Field; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Glorying in Tribulation, Stetson presents a new dimension of Sojourner Truth''s character. Much of the information regarding this oft-quoted African American woman is either the stuff of legend or is in dispute. This important new biography takes both legend and fact and sets them into a larger historical context. The authors utilize archival sources, and other forms of direct and indirect evidence to create a better understanding of Truth. We see her victories as well as her defeats--we see her as a real person. Truth comes alive in the pages of this book through her poignant, prophetic w