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This fascinating biography tells the story of nineteenth-century America through the life of one of its most magnetic and influential characters: Sojourner Truth. In an in-depth account of this amazing activist, Margaret Washington unravels Sojourner Truth's world within the broader panorama of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Washington, Margaret
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009.
Colección:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Temas:
Truth, Sojourner, > 1799-1883.
Truth, Sojourner, > 1799-1883 > Political and social views.
Truth, Sojourner, > 1799-1883 > Friends and associates.
Truth, Sojourner, > 1799-1883
1800-1899
African American abolitionists > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
Social reformers > United States > Biography.
Social problems > United States > History > 19th century.
Progressivism (United States politics) > History > 19th century.
Abolitionnistes noirs américains > Biographies.
Noires américaines > Biographies.
Réformateurs sociaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Problèmes sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Progressisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
African American abolitionists
African American women
Friendship
Political and social views
Progressivism (United States politics)
Race relations
Social conditions
Social problems
Social reformers
United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
United States
Biographies
History
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Sumario:This fascinating biography tells the story of nineteenth-century America through the life of one of its most magnetic and influential characters: Sojourner Truth. In an in-depth account of this amazing activist, Margaret Washington unravels Sojourner Truth's world within the broader panorama of African American slavery and the nation's most significant reform era. Organized chronologically into three distinct eras of Truth's life, Sojourner Truth's America examines the complex dynamics of the times in which she acted, beginning with the transnational contours of her spirituality and early life as a slave. Washington then highlights Truth's awakening during nineteenth-century America's progressive surge, which propelled her ascendancy as a rousing preacher and political orator despite her inability to read and write. Throughout the book, Washington explores Truth's passionate commitment to family and community, including her vision for a beloved community that extended beyond race, gender, and socioeconomic condition and embraced a common humanity. For Sojourner Truth, the significant model for such communalism was a primitive, prophetic Christianity. Illustrated with dozens of images of Truth and her contemporaries, Sojourner Truth's America provides important insights into the turbulent cultural and political climate of the age while also separating the many myths from the facts concerning this legendary American figure.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-454) and index.
ISBN:9780252093746
0252093747
128313568X
9781283135689
9786613135681
6613135682

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