(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) TRUTH, SOJOURNER Narrative of Sojourner Truth, A Bondswoman of Olden Time. 320 pages. Frontispiece portrait. 8vo, original gilt-pictorial and blind-stamped cloth; very light rubbing to the extremities, with minimal loss of cloth. Non-authorial early pencil inscription. a superior copy. Boston: For the Author, 1875
first edition thus, combining the earlier (1850) Narrative with an up-to-date rendering of the abolitionist's life by Frances W. Titus. Mrs.Titus, known as Sojourner Truth's "Trusted Scribe," was more than simply a secretary and tour organizer. Frances Wallingford Titus (1816-1894) was herself a staunch campaigner for women's rights and the founder of a school for freed children.
