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Narrative of Sojourner Truth (Penguin Classics) (Reprint Edition) by SojournerÂ’ Truth, Nell Irvin Painter (Introduction By), Olive Gilbert Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1998 ISBN-10: 0-14-043678-2 / 0140436782 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-043678-5 / 9780140436785 A symbol of the strength of African-American women, and a champion of the rights of all women, Sojourner Truth was an illiterate former slave in New York State who transformed herself into a vastly powerful orator. Dictating to a neighbor, she began her celebrated life story, in which she chronicles |