Sojourner Truth - A Biography

Informationen zum Autor Larry G. Murphy , PhD, is professor of the history of Christianity at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL. Klappentext This simple narrative of an extraordinary life explores the power of a disinterested commitment to right and truth. Sojourner Truth: A Biography traces this remarkable woman's life from her birth through adulthood and to her death in 1883. Drawing from public pronouncements, personal correspondence, and journalistic accounts of key historical actors, it follows her extraordinary career and sets the events of her life in the larger context of U.S. social and political history.The years during which Truth lived bore witness to tremendous social and religious ferment in the United States, including, of course, the Civil War. Truth was directly involved, indeed an influential figure, in many contentious issues of the period, from slavery and abolition to religious revivalism, women's rights, temperance, racial reconciliation, and more. Her story serves as a prism through which readers will better understand how these complex matters were adjudicated in 19th-century America. More than that, her life demonstrates what courage, character, and principle can accomplish against all odds. Zusammenfassung This simple narrative of an extraordinary life explores the power of a disinterested commitment to right and truth. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Timeline: Events in the Life of Sojourner Truth Chapter 1 Way Down in Egypt's Land Chapter 2 Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares Chapter 3 In the Valley of the Shadow Chapter 4 Go Ye into All the World Chapter 5 Blowing the Trumpet in Zion Chapter 6 A Change of Locus, But Not Focus Chapter 7 Though a Host Encamp against Me Chapter 8 So They Can Be a People among You Chapter 9 Same Song, New Verses Chapter 10 "Something Remains for Me to Do" Chapter 11 "Ain't Got Time to Die": Still Working in the Sunset Postscript: Looking Back across the Valley Selected Bibliography Index ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Larry Murphy, Larry G. Murphy, Murphy Larry G.
• Edition: Greenwood Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Recommandation d'âge: 7 à 17 ans
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.01.2011
• EAN: 9780313357282
• ISBN: 978-0-313-35728-2
• Pages: 168
• Thèmes: Greenwood Biographies; Greenwood Biographies
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Biography: historical, political and military, Slavery and abolition of slavery, African American Studies; Race and Ethnicity