Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave
By Sojourner Truth
- Release Date: 2018-12-12
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
While most information about individual slaves in the South is unknown, lost, or has been deliberately concealed, Sojourner Truth was a slave in New York State, and there are meticulous records detailing her life, in addition to those in her Narrative. She was born a slave in 1797, named Isabella Baumfree, and then sold three times to different masters before she was fifteen.