Sojourner Truth and Harriet Beecher Stowe — abolitionists and writers
- Creator(s):
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Title:
- Manuscript blurb for Sojourner Truth’s Narrative
- Publication/Origin:
- [1853?]
- Description:
- Harriet Beecher Stowe rocketed to celebrity with the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), selling 300,000 copies during its first year in print. Abolititionist and feminist Sojourner Truth saw an opportunity. Truth asked Stowe to write a promotional statement that would bring notice to her autobiographical Narrative. She and Stowe met for the first and only time in 1853. This signed statement appears as an introduction in some copies of the 1853 edition of the Narrative.
- Source:
- Harriet Beecher Stowe Papers
- Citation:
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, Manuscript blurb for Sojourner Truth’s Narrative, [1853?], Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed April 18, 2025, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4149