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Narrative of Sojourner Truth : a bondswoman of olden time, emancipated by the New York Legislature in the early part of the present century : with a history of her labors and correspondence, drawn from her "Book of Life" : also, a memorial chapter, giving the particulars of her last sickness and death.
- Title
- Narrative of Sojourner Truth : a bondswoman of olden time, emancipated by the New York Legislature in the early part of the present century : with a history of her labors and correspondence, drawn from her "Book of Life" : also, a memorial chapter, giving the particulars of her last sickness and death.
- Author
- Gilbert, Olive.
- Publication
- Battle Creek, Mich. : Review and Herald Office, 1884.
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- Description
- xii, 13-320, 32 p., [1] leaf of plates : ports., facsims.; 20 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Alternative Title
- Sojourner Truth's narrative and book of life
- In memoriam. Sojourner Truth, born, in Ulster county, state of New York, sometime in the eighteenth century. Died, in the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, November 26, 1883
- Subjects
- Slavery > New York (State) > Ulster County > History
- Slaves > New York (State) > Ulster County > Biography
- African American women > Biography
- Social reformers > United States > Biography
- Abolitionists > United States > Biography
- Antislavery movements > United States
- Slaves > New York (State) > Biography
- Black author
- African American abolitionists > Biography
- Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883 > Portraits
- African Americans > Biography
- Slavery > New York (State) > History
- Note
- Written for Sojourner Truth by Olive Gilbert.
- "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by Mrs. Frances W. Titus, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
- "In memoriam. Sojourner Truth, born, in Ulster county, state of New York, sometime in the eighteenth century. Died, in the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, November 26, 1883."--p. [2]-32 at end.
- Frontispiece portrait with caption, "Sojourner Truth. From a photograph, taken a short time before her death"; signed: "Photo Electrotype Eng. Co. N.Y."
- Indexed In (note)
- Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
- Source (note)
- Arthur A. Schomburg;
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare 326.92 (Truth)-G (Gilbert, O. Narrative of Sojourner Truth. 1884)
- LCCN
- 19007412
- OCLC
- 2488155
- NYPGR2488155-B
- Author
- Gilbert, Olive.
- Title
- Narrative of Sojourner Truth : a bondswoman of olden time, emancipated by the New York Legislature in the early part of the present century : with a history of her labors and correspondence, drawn from her "Book of Life" : also, a memorial chapter, giving the particulars of her last sickness and death.
- Imprint
- Battle Creek, Mich. : Review and Herald Office, 1884.
- Indexed In:
- Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 10461
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare 326.92 (Truth)-G (accession no. B389150) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Titus, Frances W., copyright holder.Review and Herald Office (Battle Creek, Mich.), publisher.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Added Title
- In memoriam. Sojourner Truth, born, in Ulster county, state of New York, sometime in the eighteenth century. Died, in the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, November 26, 1883
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare 326.92 (Truth)-G (Gilbert, O. Narrative of Sojourner Truth. 1884)