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Author:

Mattern, Joanne, 1963-

Title:

Sojourner Truth : early abolitionist / Joanne Mattern.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

PowerKids Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

24 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Truth, Sojourner,--d. 1883.--Juvenile literature.
African American abolitionists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Abolitionists--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Social reformers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Abolitionists--Juvenile literature.
Reformers--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 23) and index.

Contents:

Isabella -- Freedom! -- Sojourner Truth -- Sojourner's work -- The final years.

Summary:

Introduces the life of a woman who escaped slavery, traveled and made speeches to help free slaves before and during the Civil War, and helped freed slaves to find jobs and houses after the war.

Series:

Reading power
Women who shaped history
Mattern, Joanne, 1963- Women who shaped history.

ISBN:

9780823965021 (lib. bdg.)
0823965023 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN:

2002003385

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)