Read moreĭictated by Sojourner Truth (ca.1797-1883) īased on information provided by Sojourner Truth.ĬOMMENCEMENT OF ISABELLA'S TRIALS IN LIFE. But I would encourage everyone to learn about this fabulous lady. Unfortunately this book is just very dry. I loved hearing about her, hearing anecdotes from people, hearing about the various jerks she ripped into with her keen intellect, I'd love to hear more of that sort of thing. And a list of the memorable signitaries would also suffice, rather than reading all the "Sojourner stayed with us on such&such date and gave a speech at such&such place and is such a wonderful lady" etc bits. It would be much nicer if an editor in the future only published a few select articles, and then pulled out any distinct memorable quotes from the rest of them and put those in, rather than all the repetitive articles. It was dull rereading the same rundown over and over again. Once you've read several of the articles, you've essentially read them all, except there's still another 50 or so to read through. In a time when blacks and women had no rights, no nothing, not only did she fiercly stand up for herself and what she felt to be her rights, but she actually took people to court, several times, and she won!! When blacks didn't even have last names, and women were to be seen and not heard, Sjourner Truth took people to court for slandering her name and she won!However, the 2nd half of the book was her "Book of Life," her book(s) of mementos from her travels, articles about her in papers, signatures from friends and dignitaries she met with, was a chore to read through. But it did give a fair bit of insight as to who the woman was, and what made her tick, and showing how extraordinary she was. And since she had no education and couldn't read or write, she merely dictated to a friend, and as such who knows how much of it was reworded and altered by the friend as they wrote it. And she withheld other things saying that they'd injure innocent parties to find those people did such things, which is quite frustrating. She did not want to give the horrors of her time in slavery due to thinking that it would be scoffed at as fake, plus being ashamed etc. Only the first half of the book is her actual "Narrative," which unfortunately she leaves a great deal out of, due to reasons which these days seem ludicrous. But unfortunately the book, is not the woman, and doesn't do a very great job of portraying her life.
I would love to give this book 5 stars, because I would love to give Sojourner 5 stars.
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