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Runaway slave Sojourner Truth gained fame in the nineteenth century as an abolitionist, feminist, and orator and earned a living partly by selling cartes de visite of herself at lectures and by mail. This book explores how she used her image, the press, the postal service, and copyright laws to support her activism and herself.

Enduring Truths Sojourners Shadows and Substance

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 9/21/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226192130, 978-0226192130
      ISBN10: 022619213X
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      Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery Ethnic studies / Ethnicity

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      Book Synopsis
      Runaway slave Sojourner Truth gained fame in the nineteenth century as an abolitionist, feminist, and orator and earned a living partly by selling cartes de visite of herself at lectures and by mail. This book explores how she used her image, the press, the postal service, and copyright laws to support her activism and herself.

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