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Author:
Koester, Nancy, 1954- author.
Title:
We will be free : the life and faith of Sojourner Truth / Nancy Koester.
Publisher:
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xx, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Truth, Sojourner,--1799-1883.
Truth, Sojourner,--1799-1883--Religion.
African American abolitionists--Biography.
Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
Social reformers--United States--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.
Contents:
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".
Summary:
"An exploration of the ways faith animated the life and activism of Sojourner Truth, pathbreaking abolitionist and suffragette"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Library of religious biography
ISBN:
0802872476
9780802872470
LCCN:
2022023808
Locations:
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)
TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)
SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

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