Journey Toward Freedom (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jacqueline Bernard
- First Published: 1967
- Time of Work: 1797–1883
- Setting: New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Washington, D.C., Rhode Island, and Kansas
- Principal Characters: Sojourner Truth, Bomefree, Ma-Ma Betts, John Neely, Peter, John Dumont, Frederick Douglass
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Social action, Abolitionists, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Preaching, Women’s rights, Biography
- Locales: Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Washington, D.C., Kansas, Michigan, Massachusetts, Indiana, Rhode Island
Form and Content
Jacqueline Bernard tells the story of Sojourner Truth’s life in Journey Toward Freedom: The Story of Sojourner Truth. This traditional birth-to-death biography is organized chronologically. The book is divided into two parts that correspond to the stages of Truth’s life, though Bernard does not mark these sections.
In chapters 1 through 15, the first section, Bernard tells of how Truth rose from slavery. Truth was born a slave in 1797, in Ulster County, New York. Her master named her Belle. Some of the people who owned Truth were relatively...
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