Sojourner Truth: African American Trailblazers (History Maker Bios)

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Overview

True or False? Sojourner Truth chose her own name.

True! When Sojourner Truth decided to change her life to become a traveling preacher, she changed her name. She wanted her name to describe her new job.

-She began life as a slave.
-She spoke out for equal rights for all.
-She met with president Abraham Lincoln in the White House.
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Overview

True or False? Sojourner Truth chose her own name.

True! When Sojourner Truth decided to change her life to become a traveling preacher, she changed her name. She wanted her name to describe her new job.

-She began life as a slave.
-She spoke out for equal rights for all.
-She met with president Abraham Lincoln in the White House.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780760786451
  • Publisher: Barnes & Noble
  • Publication date: 12/25/2007
  • Pages: 48
  • Sales rank: 215,223
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Series: History Maker Bios Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.70 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.20 (d)

Meet the Author

Laura Hamilton Waxman has written many books for the History Maker Bios series, including Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marie Curie, and Sequoyah. She has also written in the Creative Minds Biographies and Pull Ahead Books series.

Table of Contents

Introduction     5
A Slave in New York     6
Taking Her Freedom     14
New Name, New Life     22
Helping the Free     31
Fighting On     38
Timeline     44
Remembering Sojourner Truth     45
Further Reading     46
Websites     46
Select Bibliography     47
Index     48

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