{"product_id":"sojourner-truth-slave-prophet-legend-9780814754849","title":"Sojourner Truth: Slave  Prophet  Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003eGoes beyond the myths and legends to reveal new insights into the real life of Sojourner Truth  Many Americans have long since forgotten that there ever was slavery along the Hudson River. Yet Sojourner Truth was born a slave near the Hudson River in Ulster County  New York  in the late 1700s. Called merely Isabella as a slave  once freed she adopted the name of Sojourner Truth and became a national figure in the struggle for the emancipation of both Blacks and women in Civil War America.  Despite the dual discrimination she suffered as a Black woman  Truth significantly shaped both her own life and the struggle for human rights in America. Through her fierce intelligence  her resourcefulness  and her eloquence  she became widely acknowledged as a remarkable figure during her life  and she has become one of the most heavily mythologized figures in American history.  While some of the myths about Truth offer inspiration  they have also contributed to distortions about American history  especially about the experiences of Black Americans and women. In this landmark work  the product of years of primary research  Pulizter-Prize winning biographer Carleton Mabee has unearthed the best available sources about this remarkable woman to reconstruct the most authentic account of her life to date. Mabee offers new insights on why she never learned to read  on the authenticity of the famous quotations attributed to her (such as Arnt I a woman?)  her relationship to President Lincoln  her role in the abolitionist movement  her crusade to move freed slaves from the South to the North  and her life as a singer  orator  feminist and woman of faith. This is an engaging  historically precise biography that reassesses the place of Sojourner Truthslave  prophet  legendin American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67932307095605,"sku":"ByrdShop_0814754848","price":60.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780814754849.jpg?v=1794223346","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sojourner-truth-slave-prophet-legend-9780814754849","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}