![]() ![]() She was physically born in 1797, named Isabella Baumfree and was the property of a Dutch slave-holding family in New York State. She named herself Truth she believed in millenialism and rebirth, in God and God’s power. Above all, Truth was a religious prophet. Truth was a tall, spare woman with wide set eye held in a very direct gaze.She was confident in her movement and had what we call stage presence - and she often stood, literally, on a stage in front of white audiences. More about those photographic images in a second. Norton and Company, 1997), Painter has an extended analysis of Truth’s choices of self-presentation in these publicity photographs. Nell Irvin Painter’s marvelous, astounding history of Truth, Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol (W.W. In 1864 Sojourner Truth began selling cartes-de-visite to raise funds to support black soldiers serving for the Union Army and later, for suffragism. ![]()
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