Author:
Koester, Nancy, 1954- author.
ImprintGrand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2023.
Descriptionxx, 270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Note:Prologue: She belongs to humanity -- Isabella, a northern slave -- The vision -- Lost sheep in Gotham -- The kingdom of Matthias -- "Why sit ye here and die?" -- The lever of truth -- The moral reform depot -- "Make me a double woman" -- Between a hawk and a buzzard -- "Am I not a woman and a sister?" -- "We believe you are a man" -- Showdown at the Angola Courthouse -- "I sell the shadow" -- Truth goes to Washington -- Reconstruction -- Give woman her rights -- "I go in for agitating" -- "My name was up" -- "We will all be as one" -- Appendix: Three versions of Truth's most famous speech, "Ain't I a woman?".
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.
Note:"An exploration of the ways faith animated the life and activism of Sojourner Truth, pathbreaking abolitionist and suffragette."-- Provided by publisher.
