Narrative of Sojourner Truth (An African American Heritage Book): An Autobiographical Account of Enslavement and Freedom

Narrative of Sojourner Truth presents the life of one of the most powerful voices of the nineteenth century, tracing her journey from enslavement to national prominence as an abolitionist and advocate for human rights. Dictated by Sojourner Truth and first published in the mid-nineteenth century, the narrative recounts her early life in bondage, her struggle for freedom, and her emergence as a speaker of remarkable force and conviction.

The work offers a direct and personal account of the re...