Annotated Sources (Entry #4)

"Truth, Sojourner - Introduction." Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Juliet Byington. Vol. 94. Gale Cengage, 2001. eNotes.com. 2006. 18 Nov, 2009

Truth was no doubt a very important player in the abolitionist and feminist movement, but she was also uneducated and illiterate. How history judges her apparently is not based on her lack of fundamental educational skills, but her ability to orate and preach extremely effectively. The author highlights how Truth was able to captivate her audience through her speeches and inspire them to a great degree. As the author closes, her "short comings" did not effect the way she was recieved through history because she was inducted into the women's hall of fame in the eighties.

Darlene Clark Hine. The Journal Of Blacks In Higher Education. No. 13 (Autumn, 1996): pg. 127-128. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2963183?seq=1&Search=yes&term=Sojourner&term=truth&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicResults%3Fhp%3D25%26la%3D%26wc%3Don%26gw%3Djtx%26jcpsi%3D1%26artsi%3D1%26Query%3DSojourner%2Btruth%26sbq%3DSojourner%2Btruth%26dc%3DAll%2BDisciplines%26si%3D26%26jtxsi%3D26&item=26&ttl=1947&returnArticleService=showArticle&resultsServiceName=doBasicResultsFromArticle

Sojourner Truth, the legendary figure, many know, may have not actually been all that legendary. Darlene Clark describes Sojourner Truth's life as almost nothing more than a quest for mere survival. Clark points out that Truth primarily used white people for economic security and acceptance. In addition, Clark indicates that Sojourner's spiritual quest was influenced by a psychotic so-called prophet. The author does this to expose the true Sojourner Truth behind the legend. Clark does this, not to put a damper on her image, to point out that Sojourner Truth's life wasn't as fantastic as many believe. Clark paints Truth in a whole new picture that many are not familiar with.

"Sojourner Truth and Rosa Parks." Sojourner Truth.org Home Page. Web. 18 Nov. 2009.

Sojourner Truth was an abolitionists and women's rights advocate, but many may be surprised to find out that she also pushed for equal rights for blacks. This article relates Rosa Parks to Sojourner Truth by pointing out that she, like Parks, refused to be segregated and discriminated on public transportation. In fact, Truth sat wherever she pleased on trolleys and she even ran after a trolley that refused to stop for her because she was a black woman. The author establishes that Rosa Parks wasn't actually the first to openly refuse to abide by the Jim Crow rules, and Truth was doing it long before Rosa Parks was born.

"Sojourner Truth :." Voices From the Gaps : University of Minnesota. Web. 19 Nov. 2009. .

This Article talks about how Sojourner Truth, although an abolitionist, established herself as a prominent women's rights advocate, and a inspiration for future generation of women. The author goes through Sojourner Truth's life and describes certain speeches/events that dealt with addressing rights for women. The reader is left with the author's view that Truth lead an unconventional life as a women who did not believe in the traditional roles of women, and continued to advocate for slaves and women until her death.

"This Far by Faith . Sojourner Truth |." PBS. The Faith Project, 2003. Web. 17 Nov. 2009. .

This blurb (feature on PBS) explores Sojourner Truth's religious experiences as a slave and freed woman. As one can view, Sojourner experienced many religious events throughout her narrative (as her narrative is written in part as a spiritual journey). The author highlights these spiritual events by placing them in chronological order (starting from her days in slavery all the way to her preaching days). The purpose of the author is to indicate how much of a role religion had in influencing Sojourner Truth to become the women she was. In addition, the article highlights what a great role religion played in her life, and the prominence that inspired her.