ebooks Give Me Liberty!: An American History (Fifth Edition) (Vol. 2) by Eric Foner in History

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A monumental biography of one of the most important black women of the nineteenth century. Sojourner Truth first gained prominence at an 1851 Akron; Ohio; women's rights conference; saying; "Dat man over dar say dat woman needs to be helped into carriages; and lifted over ditches. . . . Nobody eber helps me into carriages; or ober mud-puddles . . . and ar'n't I a woman?" Sojourner Truth: ex-slave and fiery abolitionist; figure of imposing physique; riveting preacher and spellbinding singer who dazzled listeners with her wit and originality. Straight-talking and unsentimental; Truth became a national symbol for strong black women--indeed; for all strong women. Like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass; she is regarded as a radical of immense and enduring influence; yet; unlike them; what is remembered of her consists more of myth than of personality. Now; in a masterful blend of scholarship and sympathetic understanding; eminent black historian Nell Irvin Painter goes beyond the myths; words; and photographs to uncover the life of a complex woman who was born into slavery and died a legend. Inspired by religion; Truth transformed herself from a domestic servant named Isabella into an itinerant pentecostal preacher; her words of empowerment have inspired black women and poor people the world over to this day. As an abolitionist and a feminist; Truth defied the notion that slaves were male and women were white; expounding a fact that still bears repeating: among blacks there are women; among women; there are blacks. No one who heard her speak ever forgot Sojourner Truth; the power and pathos of her voice; and the intelligence of her message. No one who reads Painter's groundbreaking biography will forget this landmark figure and the story of her courageous life. Photographs