title: Narrative of Sojourner Truth (Penguin Classics)
author: Sojourner Truth
description: &quot;The time is long overdue for a compelling look at the legendary Sojourner Truth. Margaret Washington deserves our gratitude for reclaiming Truth and shedding light on the most enigmatic black woman of the 19th century.&quot;<br><br>-- Darlene Clark Hine, Professor of History, Michigan State University
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  Sojourner Truth, The Libyan Sibyl  
    
  
  
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  # Sojourner Truth, The Libyan Sibyl
  
  
  ### Harriet Beecher Stowe
  
  
  
  
  
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  MANY years ago, the few readers of radical Abolitionist papers must often have
  seen the singular name of
  
  
  Sojourner Truth, announced as a frequent speaker at Anti-Slavery meetings, and
  as travelling on a sort of
  
  
  self-appointed agency through the country. I had myself often remarked the
  name, but never met the individual.
  
  
  On one occasion, when our house was filled with company, several eminent
  clergymen being our guests, notice
  
  
  was brought up to me that Sojourner Truth was below, and requested an
  interview. Knowing nothing of her but
  
  
  her singular name, I went down, prepared to make the interview short, as the
  pressure of many other
  
  
  engagements demanded.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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