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We will be free : the life and faith of Sojourner Truth / Nancy Koester.

Author/creator Koester, Nancy, 1954- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, [2023]
Copyright Notice ©2023
Descriptionxx, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Library of religious biography
Library of religious biography. ^A275055
Contents 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?".
Abstract "An exploration of the ways faith animated the life and activism of Sojourner Truth, pathbreaking abolitionist and suffragette"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.
Genre/formBiography.
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2022023808
ISBN9780802872470
ISBN0802872476
Standard identifier# 40031619859

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks E185.97 .T8 K64 2023 ✔ Available Place Hold