Bibliograph

We will be free:, the life and faith of Sojourner Truth, Nancy Koester ; foreword by Alicia K. Jackson

Type

Label

We will be free:, the life and faith of Sojourner Truth, Nancy Koester ; foreword by Alicia K. Jackson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesportraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

We will be free:

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1322060338

Responsibility statement

Nancy Koester ; foreword by Alicia K. Jackson

Series statement

Library of religious biography

Sub title

the life and faith of Sojourner Truth

Summary

"An exploration of the ways faith animated the life and activism of Sojourner Truth, pathbreaking abolitionist and suffragette"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of 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?"

Classification