![]() ![]() Born a slave, and held in that brutal condition until the entire abolition of slavery in the State of New York in 1827, she has known what it is to drink to the dregs the bitterest cup of human degradation. THE following is the unpretending narrative of the life of a remarkable and meritorious woman–a life which has been checkered by strange vicissitudes, severe hardships, and singular adventures. THE CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSING A TRAVELLER A NIGHT'S LODGING 102ĪPPENDIX: Extract from 'Slavery as It Is.' by Theodore D. ![]() HER STANDING WITH HER NEW MASTER AND MISTRESS 29 I will rise to noblest themes, for the soul hath a heritage of glory."ĬOMMENCEMENT OF ISABELLA'S TRIALS IN LIFE 26 To meanest matters will I stoop, for mean is the lot of mortal ![]() Wherefore, thou gentle student, bend thine ear to my speech,įor I also am as thou art our hearts can commune together: Pure are the grains of gold in the turbid stream of the Ganges Īnd fair the living flowers that spring from the dull cold sod. ![]() "SWEET is the virgin honey, though the wild bee store it in a reed Īnd bright the jewelled band that circleth an Ethiop's arm The Narrative of Sojourner Truth.ĭictated by Sojourner Truth (ca.1797-1883) edited by Olive Gilbert ![]()
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