02975nam 2200649 a 450 991045545720332120200520144314.00-87013-908-80-585-18839-4(CKB)111004368747140(EBL)1768436(SSID)ssj0000163939(PQKBManifestationID)11162813(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163939(PQKBWorkID)10118832(PQKB)11485940(MiAaPQ)EBC3338134(OCoLC)44959440(MdBmJHUP)muse12657(MiAaPQ)EBC1768436(Au-PeEL)EBL3338134(CaPaEBR)ebr10514523(OCoLC)888748221(Au-PeEL)EBL1768436(EXLCZ)9911100436874714019940324d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlorying in tribulation[electronic resource] the lifework of Sojourner Truth /Erlene Stetson, Linda DavidEast Lansing Michigan State University Press19941 online resource (255 p.)"A Michigan State University Press publisher's circle book"--T.p. verso.0-87013-337-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-233) and index.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 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 wAfrican American abolitionistsBiographyAbolitionistsUnited StatesBiographySocial reformersUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books.African American abolitionistsAbolitionistsSocial reformers305.5/67/092BStetson Erlene1949-1056141David Linda1056142MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455457203321Glorying in tribulation2490280UNINA