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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (version 2)

by Olive GILBERT (1801 - 1884)

Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) was born into slavery in 1797 (or thereabouts) in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York. This narrative, as told by Sojourner Truth to her friend Olive Gilbert, recounts to the best of her recollection what she and her family endured while they were the legal property of other human beings. These life experiences served as the catalysts for her becoming, in her later years, an outspoken abolutionist and women's rights activist. Her forgiving attitude toward those who once treated her and her loved ones with such cruelty is an example for all who would aspire to heal and move on from traumatizing life experiences. The voice of Olive Gilbert comes through in this narrative, and together, she and Sojourner Truth build a compelling case against slavery. - Summary by Holly Jenson

Listen next episodes of The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (version 2):
Another Camp Meeting , Certificates of Character , Commencement of Isabella's Trials in Life , Death of Bomefree , Death of Mau-Mau Bett , Death of Mrs. Eliza Fowler , Fasting , Finding a Brother and Sister , Gleanings , Her Escape , Her Last Interview With Her Master , Her Standing With Her New Master and Mistress , Illegal Sale of her Son , Isabella as a Mother , Isabella's Marriage , Isabella's Religious Experience , It Is Often Darkest Just Before Dawn , Last Days of Bomefree , New Trials , Slaveholder's Promises , Some of Her Views and Reasonings , The Cause of Her Leaving the City , The Consequences of Refusing a Traveller a Night's Lodging , The Matthias Delusion , The Second Advent Doctrines , Trials Continued