Manuscript blurb for Sojourner Truth’s Narrative
Title:
Manuscript blurb for Sojourner Truth’s Narrative
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.
Creator:
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Source:
Harriet Beecher Stowe Papers
Date:
1853
Display Date:
[1853?]
Hover Text:
Sojourner Truth and Harriet Beecher Stowe — abolitionists and writers
Published Item:
U
Item Index:
37
Item Sort:
1800s
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