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Sojourner Truth's America
Margaret Washington
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Frontmatter
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A WORD ON LANGUAGE (page ix)
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (page xi)
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ABBREVIATIONS (page xix)
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INTRODUCTION: THE THREE LIVES OF SOJOURNER TRUTH (page 1)
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PART I BELL HARDENBERGH AND SLAVERY TIMES IN THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY
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1. African and Dutch Religious Heritage (page 9)
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2. "Home Is Like a Grave": Domesticity, Spirituality, and Patriarchy (page 18)
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3. "Better to Me Than a Man": Female Life, Labor, and Slavery in Rural New York (page 32)
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PART II ISABELLA VAN WAGENEN: A PREACHING WOMAN
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4. Like Hagar and Her Children: Long Walks to Freedom (page 51)
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5. "A Rushing Mighty Wind": Isabella's Baptism of the Spirit (page 69)
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6. Sanctification and Perfection: Becoming a Religious Radical (page 81)
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7. "I Will Crush Them with the Truth": The Commune of Matthias (page 98)
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PART III SOJOURNER TRUTH AND THE ANTISLAVERY APOSTLES
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8. The Antislavery Vanguard, 1833-1843 (page 129)
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9. "The Spirit Calls Me There": A Sojourner Is Chosen (page 141)
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10. A Holy City: Sojourner Truth and the Northampton Community (page 156)
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11. The Cold Water Army, Olive Gilbert, and Sojourner's Narrative (page 175)
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12. The Bloodhound Bill and Intensified Activism (page 191)
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13. The New York Campaign (page 206)
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14. "God, You Drive": The Sojourner in Ohio (page 221)
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15. "I Go in for Agitatin'" (page 248)
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16. Truth Is Powerful (page 272)
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17. Proclaim Liberty throughout the Land (page 298)
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18. "Was Woman True?": Sojourner, Suffrage, and Civil Rights (page 334)
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19. "I Am on My Way to Kansas" (page 355)
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EPILOGUE: WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT (page 377)
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NOTES (page 381)
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INDEX (page 455)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JAH | 97.1 (Jun. 2010): 171-172 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/40662857 |
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Published: 2009
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- 9780252078019 (paper)
- 9780252093746 (ebook)
- 9780252034190 (hardcover)