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(SLAVE NARRATIVE.) (Truth, Sojourner. ) Narrative of Sojourner Truth a Northern Slave, Emancipated from bodily Servitude by the State of New York in 1828. By Olive Gilbert. Engraved portrait frontispiece.Tall 12mo, original printed green wrappers; some signs of removal of a leather spine; couple of small chips and scattered foxing. Boston: For the author, 1850
first edition. Sojourner Truth (1797?-1883), evangelist, abolitionist, reformer and women's rights advocate, was born to James and Elizabeth, both slaves of a Dutch family in Ulster County, upper New York State. Little is known of her early life. Named Belle, or Isabelle Baumfree, her first language was Dutch. Her deep religious feelings were inspired by her mother, from whom she was separated when only eleven. About 1829, Isabelle took a position as a domestic in New York and commenced her life as an evangelist. She took the name "Truth" for God, and "Sojourner" because she intended to "travel up and down the land," testifying and showing people their sins. She became associated with William Lloyd Garrison and the other abolitionists and toured the country speaking out against slavery. Possessed of a deep baritone voice, and being an unusually tall woman, many thought her fiery speeches were being delivered by a man. Blockson Collection, 3434 (the 1875 edition); Schomburg, 326.92.G; Hampton Catalogue, 1289.
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