Only passing through: The story of Sojourner Truth
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Title
Only passing through: The story of Sojourner Truth
Description
A young woman named Isabella leads a strong and courageous life after being sold three times as a slave girl in the northeastern United States. After she is given a freedom day by a couple living nearby who knew of the 1827 New York law to set adults free, Isabella felt the "power of a nation" in court to win back her son who was unlawfully sold out of state. Isabella later heard God calling her to be a sojourner and spread her message about the value of freedom and what it had been like to be a slave. She would ask people "Is this any way to treat a human being"? Sojourner told her truth so well that she took the name Sojourner Truth and carried a white silk banner with the words "Proclaim Liberty" wherever she went.
Author
Rockwell, Anne
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date
2000
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Illustrator
Christie, R. Gregory
ISBN
0-679-89186-2
City of Publication
New York
Year of Publication
2000
Author of Abstract
Abstract provided by Valerie A. Ubbes, 2024
Citation
Rockwell, Anne, “Only passing through: The story of Sojourner Truth,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed April 3, 2025, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/14308.