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-1883

"I am for equal rights"

Sojourner Truth fights for equal rights
2004
Tells the life story of Sojourner Truth, describing her years as a slave, her arrival at freedom, her fight to gain custody of her sold son, and her work in the battles for equal rights for African-Americans and women in the U.S.

Only passing through

the story of Sojourner Truth
An illustrated biography of nineteenth-century abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who was born into slavery and fought for the rights of African-Americans and women.
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Sojourner Truth and the voice of freedom

Sojourner Truth dedicated her life to achieving equal rights for African-Americans and women. Her courage, drive, and speaking talent inspired many people.
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Sojourner Truth

equal rights advocate = defensora de los derechos civiles
Surveys the life of Sojourner Truth, an escaped slave who became a famous civil rights advocate. Presented in English and Spanish.
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Sojourner Truth

abolitionist, suffragist, and preacher
Text and illustrations chronicle the life of Sojourner Truth, who was a nineteenth-century abolitionist, suffragist, and preacher; also includes a glossary, a Truth chronology, a Civil War time line, and a bibliography.

Sojourner Truth

path to glory
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.

Sojourner Truth

ain't I a woman?
Presents a biography of Sojourner Truth, an African-American freed slave, preacher, abolitionist, and activist, and contains information on her life as slave in New York, her journey to freedom in 1827, and her efforts for civil rights through her death in 1883.

Sojourner Truth

un camino a la libertad
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's step-stomp stride

Text and illustrations tell the life story and describe the work of African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth.

Sojourner Truth

Presents a short biography on former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth and chronicles her early life on a Dutch plantation in New York and her fight for emancipation and equal rights for all African Americans and women.

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