Bibliograph

Sojourner Truth, women's rights activist and abolitionist, Catherine Bernard

Type

Label

Sojourner Truth, women's rights activist and abolitionist, Catherine Bernard

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sojourner Truth

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Catherine Bernard

Series statement

Heroes of the women's suffrage movement

Sub title

women's rights activist and abolitionist

Summary

The women's suffrage movement received support from several key abolitionists. One example was the freed slave and antislavery advocate who called herself Sojourner Truth. Through primary sources, images, and engaging narrative, students will learn that in addition to Truth's impassioned battle to end slavery, she also fought for women's rights, speaking to the crowds at suffrage gatherings during the 1850s and until her death

Target audience

juvenile

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