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d. 1883

Sojourner Truth

equal rights advocate
2004
Surveys the life of Sojourner Truth, who escaped from slavery and became famous as an advocate of equal rights for women and blacks.

The buffalo soldier tragedy of 1877

2003
Chronicles the 1877 Buffalo Soldier Tragedy, in which a troop of buffalo soldiers and hunters set out into the Llano Estacado in pursuit of a band of raiding Kwahada Comanches, and were forced to resort to desperate measures to avoid dying of thirst.

Sojourner Truth

voice for freedom
2003
Chronicles the life of African-American activist and former slave Sojourner Truth, focusing on her early years.

Sojourner Truth and the voice of freedom

1991
A biography of the former slave who dedicated her life to achieving equal rights for blacks and women.

Sojourner Truth

a path to freedom
2011
Tells the story of Sojourner Truth, discussing her childhood as a slave, and looking at her work to secure the rights of all women after she gained her freedom; and includes a timeline.

Sojourner Truth: freedom-fighter

1973
A brief biography of the northern slave who became the first African-American woman to give anti-slavery lectures in the United States.

Sojourner Truth

2000
A biography of the former slave who dedicated her life to achieving equal rights for women and African-Americans.

Sojourner Truth and the struggle for freedom

1987
A biography of the African-American woman who was born a slave and dedicated her life to the abolition of slavery and to improving the living conditions of African-Americans following the Civil War.

Narrative of Sojourner Truth

1993
Truth's testimony to her 30 years of bondage in upstate New York and the revelations that turned her into an abolitionist.

Sojourner Truth

speaking up for freedom
2010
Presents a biography of African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth, who was regarded as one of the most persuasive speakers of her time, covering her birth into slavery, upbringing, attainment of freedom, and impact on other leaders.

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