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Название: THE NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH

Автор: Sojourner Truth

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      Sojourner Truth

      THE NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH

      Including her famous Speech Ain't I a Woman? (Inspiring Memoir of One Incredible Woman)

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      2017 OK Publishing

      ISBN 978-80-272-2135-6

       The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave (1850)

       Ain't I a Woman? (1851)

      The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave (1850)

       Table of Contents

       HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE

       ACCOMMODATIONS

       HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS

       HER RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION

       THE AUCTION

       DEATH OF MAU-MAU BETT

       LAST DAYS OF BOMEFREE

       DEATH OF BOMEFREE

       COMMENCEMENT OF ISABELLA'S TRIALS IN LIFE

       TRIALS CONTINUED

       HER STANDING WITH HER NEW MASTER AND MISTRESS

       ISABELLA'S MARRIAGE

       ISABELLA AS A MOTHER

       SLAVEHOLDER'S PROMISES

       HER ESCAPE

       ILLEGAL SALE OF HER SON

       IT IS OFTEN DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN

       DEATH OF MRS. ELIZA FOWLER

       ISABELLA'S RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE

       NEW TRIALS

       MY DEAR AND BELOVED MOTHER

       FINDING A BROTHER AND SISTER

       GLEANINGS

       THE MATTHIAS DELUSION

       FASTING

       THE CAUSE OF HER LEAVING THE CITY

       THE CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSING A TRAVELLER A NIGHT'S LODGING

       SOME OF HER VIEWS AND REASONINGS

       THE SECOND ADVENT DOCTRINES

       ANOTHER CAMP MEETING

       HER LAST INTERVIEW WITH HER MASTER

       CERTIFICATES OF CHARACTER

      HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE

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      THE subject of this biography, SOJOURNER TRUTH, as she now calls herself-but whose name, originally, was Isabella-was born, as near as she can now calculate, between the years 1797 and 1800. She was the daughter of James and Betsey, slaves of one Colonel Ardinburgh, Hurley, Ulster County, New York.

      Colonel Ardinburgh belonged to that class of people called Low Dutch.

      Of her first master, she can give no account, as she must have been a mere infant when he died; and she, with her parents and some ten or twelve other fellow human chattels, became the legal property of his son, Charles Ardinburgh. She distinctly remembers hearing her father and mother say, that their lot was a fortunate one, as Master Charles was the best of the family,-being, comparatively speaking, a kind master to his slaves.

      James and Betsey having, by their faithfulness, docility, and respectful behavior, won his particular regard, received from him particular favors-among which was a lot of land, lying back on the slope of a mountain, СКАЧАТЬ