NEO•GRIOT

SOJOURNER TRUTH.

 

 

NARRATIVE

OF

SOJOURNER TRUTH,

A

NORTHERN SLAVE,

EMANCIPATED FROM BODILY SERVITUDE BY THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, IN 1828.

WITH A PORTRAIT.

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"SWEET is the virgin honey, though the wild bee store it in a reed;

And bright the jewelled band that circleth an Ethiop's arm;

Pure are the grains of gold in the turbid stream of the Ganges;

And fair the living flowers that spring from the dull cold sod.

Wherefore, thou gentle student, bend thine ear to my speech,

For I also am as thou art; our hearts can commune together:

To meanest matters will I stoop, for mean is the lot of mortal;

I will rise to noblest themes, for the soul hath a heritage of glory."

 

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BOSTON:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR.
1850.

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J. B. YERRINTON AND SON, PRINTERS,
21 CORNHILL, BOSTON.

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CONTENTS
[Table of contents created for the on-line edition.]

	PAGE
PREFACE	v
NOTE	xii
HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE	13
ACCOMMODATIONS	14
HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS	15
HER RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION	17
THE AUCTION	18
DEATH OF MAU-MAU BETT	20
LAST DAYS OF BOMEFREE	21
DEATH OF BOMEFREE	24
COMMENCEMENT OF ISABELLA'S TRIALS IN LIFE	26
TRIALS CONTINUED	28
HER STANDING WITH HER NEW MASTER AND MISTRESS	29
ISABELLA'S MARRIAGE	36
ISABELLA AS A MOTHER	37
SLAVEHOLDER'S PROMISES	39
HER ESCAPE	41
ILLEGAL SALE OF HER SON	44
IT IS OFTEN DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN	46
DEATH OF MRS. ELIZA FOWLER	55
ISABELLA'S RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE	59
NEW TRIALS	73
FINDING A BROTHER AND SISTER	79
GLEANINGS	81
THE MATTHIAS DELUSION	87
FASTING	96
THE CAUSE OF HER LEAVING THE CITY	97
THE CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSING A TRAVELLER A NIGHT'S LODGING	102
SOME OF HER VIEWS AND REASONINGS	106
THE SECOND ADVENT DOCTRINES	109
ANOTHER CAMP-MEETING	115
LAST INTERVIEW WITH HER MASTER	124
APPENDIX: Extract from 'Slavery as It Is.' by Theodore D. Weld.	127
CERTIFICATES OF CHARACTER	144

 

 

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