Sojourner Truth's America

A Word on Language

Acknowledgments

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The Three Lives of Sojourner Truth. Introduction:

Part I. Bell Hardenbergh and Slavery Times in the Hudson River Valley

1. African and Dutch Religious Heritage

2. "Home Is Like a Grave"

Domesticity, Spirituality, and Patriarchy

3. "Better to Me Than a Man"

Female Life, Labor, and Slavery in Rural New York

Part II. Isabella Van Wagenen: A Preaching Woman

4. Like Hagar and Her Children

Long Walks to Freedom

5. "A Rushing Mighty Wind"

Isabella's Baptism of the Spirit

6. Sanctification and Perfection

Becoming a Religious Radical

7. "I Will Crush Them with the Truth"

The Commune of Matthias

Part III. Sojourner Truth and the Antislavery Apostles

8. The Antislavery Vanguard, 1833-1843

9. "The Spirit Calls Me There"

A Sojourner Is Chosen

10. A Holy City

Sojourner Truth and the Northampton Community

11. The Cold Water Army, Olive Gilbert, and Sojourner's Narrative

12. The Bloodhound Bill and Intensified Activism

13. The New York Campaign

14. "God, You Drive"

The Sojourner in Ohio

15. "I Go in for Agitatin'"

16. Truth Is Powerful

17. Proclaim Liberty throughout the Land

18. "Was Woman True?"

Sojourner, Suffrage, and Civil Rights

19. "I Am on My Way to Kansas"

Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant. Epilogue:

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