81. Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) Sojourner Truth (c. 17971883). Contributing Editor Allison Heisch. Sojourner Truth offers a wonderful opportunity to raise large questions What is literature? http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/truth.html

Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883) Contributing Editor: Allison Heisch Classroom Issues and Strategies One reason why Sojourner Truth has not appeared in conventional American literature anthologies until now is that the texts are stenographic transcriptions of spontaneous speeches. Thus, even the orthography is "made-up." Students may tend to dismiss this as nonliterature. Also, the interior structure of the speeches does not follow expected expository modes (i.e., there's no "beginning," "middle," and "end"), so they are vulnerable to rigidly "logical" analysis. Sojourner Truth offers a wonderful opportunity to raise large questions: What is literature? And what is American literature? Are speeches literature? Is it literature if you don't write it down yourself? What is the purpose of literature? It is useful to set these speeches for the students in the context of anti-slavery meetings, to describe where and how they were held, and also who participated. Students may have difficulty with these texts; old-fashioned close reading in class will help. I like to talk about "unpopular ideas": Sojourner Truth has several of these! It is also useful to place her in the tradition of oral literature.

82. From Revolution To Reconstruction: Outlines: Outline Of American Literature: The An Outline of American Literature. by Kathryn VanSpanckeren. The Romantic Period, 18201860 Fiction Sojourner Truth (c.1797-1883). *** Index ***. http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/LIT/truth.htm

FRtR Outlines American Literature Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers, 1776-1820:Sojourner Truth (c.1797-1883) An Outline of American Literature by Kathryn VanSpanckeren The Romantic Period, 1820-1860: Fiction: Sojourner Truth (c.1797-1883) Index Sojourner Truth epitomized the endurance and charisma of this extraordinary group of women. Born a slave in New York, she grew up speaking Dutch . She escaped from slavery in 1827, settling with a son and daughter in the supportive Dutch- American Van Wagener family, for whom she worked as a servant. They helped her win a legal battle for her son's freedom, and she took their name. Striking out on her own, she worked with a preacher to convert prostitutes to Christianity and lived in a progressive communal home. She was christened "Sojourner Truth" for the mystical voices and visions she began to experience. To spread the truth of these visionary teachings, she sojourned alone, lecturing, singing gospel songs, and preaching abolitionism through many states over three decades. Encouraged by Elizabeth Cady Stanton , she advocated women's suffrage. Her life is told in the

83. The San Antonio College LitWeb Sojourner Truth Page The Sojourner Truth Page. ( c. 17971883 ). Major Work Narrative of Sojourner Truth ( 1850 ). Sojourner Truth From Voices from the Gaps. http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/struth.htm

The Sojourner Truth Page ( c. 1797-1883 ) Major Work Narrative of Sojourner Truth ( 1850 ). Edited and with an introduction by Margaret Washington. Vintage, 1993. On Line About Sojourner Truth Biography " Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl " by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Sojourner Truth From Voices from the Gaps. Back to African American Literature Back to American Women Writers

84. Sojourner Truth's Aint I A Woman Speech! A found poem from Sojourner Truth s most famous speech, adapted into poetic form by Erlene Stetson click here to see the full text of the speech, in nonpoem http://www.womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess/truth.htm

Aint I a woman? A found poem from Sojourner Truth's most famous speech, adapted into poetic form by Erlene Stetson click here to see the full text of the speech, in non-poem format. That man over there say a woman needs to be helped into carriages and lifted over ditches and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helped me into carriages or over mud puddles or gives me a best place. . . And ain't I a woman? Look at me Look at my arm! I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns and no man could head me. . . And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man when I could get to it and bear the lash as well and ain't I a woman? I have born 13 children and seen most all sold into slavery and when I cried out a mother's grief none but Jesus heard me. . . and ain't I a woman? that little man in black there say a woman can't have as much rights as a man cause Christ wasn't a woman Where did your Christ come from?

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86. Documents From: A History Of The American Suffragist Movement, © The Moschoviti Sojourner Truth s Speech to the Akron Convention, 1851, Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. http://www.suffragist.com/docs.htm

A History of the American Suffragist Movement Selected Documents from the Appendix Sojourner Truth's Speech to the Akron Convention The Declaration of Sentiments from the Seneca Falls Convention from A History of the American Suffragist Movement Sojourner Truth's Speech to the Akron Convention, 1851 "Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that between the niggers of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what's all this here talking about? That man over there say that women needs to be helped into carriages, lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man-when I could get it-and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me. And ain't I a woman? Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it? ['Intellect' someone whispers near.] That's right, honey. What's that got to do with women's rights or nigger's rights? If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?

87. American Writers: Sojourner Truth evangelist, initially as a follower of the zealot Elijah Pierson, and in 1843 left New York to travel and preach, adopting the name Sojourner Truth at the http://www.americanwriters.org/writers/truth.asp

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89. Avalon Project : The Narrative Of Sojourner Truth; 1850 The Avalon Project at Yale Law School The Narrative of Sojourner Truth; 1850. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850) Dictated by http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/treatise/truth/truth.htm

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School The Narrative of Sojourner Truth; 1850 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850) Dictated by Sojourner Truth (ca.1797-1883); Edited by Olive Gilbert NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH Written by Olive Gilbert, based on information provided by Sojourner Truth. CONTENTS HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE ACCOMMODATIONS HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS HER RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION THE AUCTION DEATH OF MAU-MAU BETT LAST DAYS OF BOMEFREE DEATH OF BOMEFREE COMMENCEMENT OF ISABELLA'S TRIALS IN LIFE TRIALS CONTINUED HER STANDING WITH HER NEW MASTER AND MISTRESS ISABELLA'S MARRIAGE ISABELLA AS A MOTHER SLAVEHOLDER'S PROMISES HER ESCAPE ILLEGAL SALE OF HER SON IT IS OFTEN DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN DEATH OF MRS. ELIZA FOWLER ISABELLA'S RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE NEW TRIALS FINDING A BROTHER AND SISTER GLEANINGS THE MATTHIAS DELUSION FASTING THE CAUSE OF HER LEAVING THE CITY THE CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSING A TRAVELLER A NIGHT'S LODGING SOME OF HER VIEWS AND REASONINGS THE SECOND ADVENT DOCTRINES ANOTHER CAMP-MEETING LAST INTERVIEW WITH HER MASTER CERTIFICATES OF CHARACTER NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE.

90. "AIN'T I A WOMAN?" BY SOJOURNER TRUTH AIN TIA WOMAN? by Sojourner Truth. Delivered 1851 at the Women s Convention in Akron, Ohio. Well, children, where there is so much http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/genwom/sojour.htm

Feminist.com Bookstore Find Services In Your Area Inspiring Quotes Links/ Best of the Feminist Web ... Join Our Mailing List Jump To: About Us Activism Anti-Violence Ask Amy Events Home Marketplace News Resources What's New A R T I C L E S S P E E C H E S Pick a Section! Aging Body Image Family/Parenting Feminism/Women Girls/Young Women Health Inspirational International Interviews Media/Reviews Politics Remember the Ladies Violence Work/Career AIN'T I A WOMAN? by Sojourner Truth Delivered 1851 at the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what's all this here talking about? Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it? [member of audience whispers, "intellect"] That's it, honey. What's that got to do with women's rights or negroes' rights? If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?

91. A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Sojourner Truth | PBS Sojourner Truth, (Born c. 1797, Ulster county, NY, US—Died Nov. In 1843 she left New York City and took the name Sojourner Truth, which she used from then on. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/sojourner_truth.html

Need some good information fast on African American history? We've got what you're looking for with our selection of more than 300 reference articles. Article provided by: Encyclopaedia Britannica Sojourner Truth African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervour to the abolitionist and women's rights movements. Isabella was the daughter of slaves and spent her childhood as an abused chattel of several masters. Her first language was Dutch. Between 1810 and 1827 she bore at least five children to a fellow slave named Thomas. Just before New York state abolished slavery in 1827, she found refuge with Isaac Van Wagener, who set her free. With the help of Quaker friends, she waged a court battle in which she recovered her small son, who had been sold illegally into slavery in the South. About 1829 she went to New York City with her two youngest children, supporting herself through domestic employment. Since childhood Isabella had had visions and heard voices, which she attributed to God. In New York City she became associated with Elijah Pierson, a zealous missionary. Working and preaching in the streets, she joined his Retrenchment Society and eventually his household. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

92. Sojourner Truth, Ain TIa Woman? Ain tIa Woman? Sojourner Truth gave her famous Ain tIa Woman? speech at the 1851 Women s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. (The http://afgen.com/sojourner1.html

Ain't I a Woman? Sojourner Truth gave her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. (The women's rights movement grew in large part out of the anti-slavery movement.) No formal record of the speech exists, but Frances Gage, an abolitionist and president of the Convention, recounted Truth's words. There is debate about the accuracy of this account because Gage did not record the account until 1863 and her record differs somewhat from newspaper accounts of 1851. However it is Gage's report that endures and it is clear that, whatever the exact words, "Ain't I a Woman?" made a great impact at the Convention and has become a classic expression of women's rights. The Classic Report Several ministers attended the second day of the Woman's Rights Convention, and were not shy in voicing their opinion of man's superiority over women. One claimed "superior intellect", one spoke of the "manhood of Christ," and still another referred to the "sin of our first mother." Suddenly, Sojourner Truth rose from her seat in the corner of the church.

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94. Prometheus 6 - SOJOURNER TRUTH, THE LIBYAN SIBYL, By Harriet Beecher Stowe Prometheus 6. Sojourner Truth, THE LIBYAN SIBYL by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Many years ago, the few readers of radical Abolitionist http://home.earthlink.net/~p6librarian/MLKD/SojournerTruth.htm

Prometheus 6 SOJOURNER TRUTH, THE LIBYAN SIBYL by Harriet Beecher Stowe Many years ago, the few readers of radical Abolitionist papers must often have seen the singular name of Sojourner Truth, announced as a frequent speaker at Anti-Slavery meetings, and as travelling on a sort of self-appointed agency through the country. I had myself often remarked the name, but never met the individual. On one occasion, when our house was filled with company, several eminent clergymen being our guests, notice was brought up to me that Sojourner Truth was below, and requested an interview. Knowing nothing of her but her singular name, I went down, prepared to make the interview short, as the pressure of many other engagements demanded. When I went into the room, a tall, spare form arose to meet me. She was evidently a full-blooded African, and though now aged and worn with many hardships, still gave the impression of a physical development which in early youth must have been as fine a specimen of the torrid zone as Cumberworth's celebrated statuette of the Negro Woman at the Fountain. Indeed, she so strongly reminded me of that figure, that, when I recall the events of her life, as she narrated them to me, I imagine her as a living, breathing impersonation of that work of art. I do not recollect ever to have been conversant with any one who had more of that silent and subtle power which we call personal presence than this woman. In the modern Spiritualistic phraseology, she would be described as having a strong sphere. Her tall form, as she rose up before me, is still vivid to my mind. She was dressed in some stout, grayish stuff, neat and clean, though dusty from travel. On her head, she wore a bright Madras handkerchief, arranged as a turban, after the manner of her race. She seemed perfectly self-possessed and at her ease,in fact, there was almost an unconscious superiority, not unmixed with a solemn twinkle of humor, in the odd, composed manner in which she looked down on me. Her whole air had at times a gloomy sort of drollery which impressed one strangely.

95. UGA African American Studies Sojourner Truth. 17971883. After the death of her son, she took the name Sojourner Truth to signify her new role as traveler telling the Truth about slavery. http://www.uga.edu/~iaas/History.html

African Americans have played a vital role in the history and culture of their country since its founding. An important part of the curriculum at the Institute for African American Studies is devoted to creative research on the lives and work of prominent African Americans and to placing them within their cultural context. On this page you will find brief biographical sketches of several key figures in African American history. Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker's Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Almanack and Epheremis, published during the years 1792-1797. He retired from tobacco farming to concentrate wholly upon his studies. He corresponded with Thomas Jefferson and urged Jefferson to work for the abolition of slavery. Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth, a nationally known speaker on human rights for slaves and women, was born Isabella Baumfree, a slave in Hurley, New York, and spoke only Dutch during her childhood. Sold and resold, denied her choice in husband, and treated cruelly by her masters, Truth ran away in 1826, leaving all but one of her children behind. After her freedom was bought for $25, she moved to New York City in 1829 and became a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. In 1853, she helped form a utopian community called "The Kingdom," at Sing Sing, New York, which was soon disbanded following the death and possible murder of its leader. Truth was implicated in the scandal but courageously fought the falsehoods aimed at her. After the death of her son, she took the name Sojourner Truth to signify her new role as traveler telling the truth about slavery. She set out on June 1, 1843, walking for miles in a northeasterly direction with 25 cents in her pocket, and rested only when she found lodging offered by either rich or poor. First she attended religious meetings, then began to hold meetings herself that would bring audience members to tears. As she logged mile after mile, her fame grew and her reputation preceded her. Truth's popularity was enhanced by her biography written by the abolitionist Olive Gilbert, with a preface written by William Lloyd Garrison. In 1864, she was invited to the White House, where President Abraham Lincoln personally received her. Later she served as a counselor for the National Freedman's Relief Association, retiring in 1875 to Battle Creek, Michigan.

96. A Soul On Fire, Sojourners Magazine/September-October 2001 Sojourners Magazine Articles About Truth, Sojourner. 1. Slave Ways No More. How Isabella Baumfree became Sojourner Truth. by Rose Marie Berger. http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&mode=keyword&keyword=Truth

97. The Narrative Of Sojourner Truth The narrative of Sojourner Truth. Home / / The narrative of Sojourner Truth You are here. Main Title The narrative of Sojourner Truth. http://www.humbul.ac.uk/output/full3.php?id=10005

98. About Sojourner Truth | Sojourner Truth Biography Truth across the country. http://womenshistory.about.com/homework/womenshistory/library/bio/bltruth.htm

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