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...ctated by Sojourner Truth (ca.1797-1883) Edited by Olive Gilbert NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH Written by Olive Gilbert, based on information provided ... ...d by Sojourner Truth. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850), Dictated by Sojourner Truth, edite... ... Truth. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850), Dictated by Sojourner Truth, edited by Olive Gil... ..., Dictated by Sojourner Truth, edited by Olive Gilbert is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...ible. I am your only son, that is so far from your home, in the wide briny ocean. I have seen more of the world than ever I expected, and if I ever sh... ...s caught up by a white man, who dashed its brains out against the wall. An Indian (for Indians were plenty in that region then) passed along as the be... ...but a dim light on her lonely way, when she was familiarly accosted by two Indians, who took her for an acquain- tance. She told them they were mistak...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Political Power. Firstly, it having been shown in the foregoing discourse:* Firstly. That Adam had not, either by natural right of fatherhood or by positive donation from God, any such authority over his children, nor dominion over the world, as is pretended. Secondly, that ...

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