Part one of term paper
(c. 1797-1883) is perhaps the most famous black woman in American history, but only recently have historians begun to discover new "truths" about her. A slave for nearly thirty years, the illiterate Truth gained fame as an itinerant minister and outspoken advocate for African Americans and women. Even today Truth endures as a symbolic hero ...

Part two of term paper
... Although she never lived on a plantation or in the South, Truth experienced first-hand the brutality of slavery. As she related in her autobiography, Narrative of , first published in 1850, one master scarred her for life when she was only nine years old. Like many enslaved African Americans, Isabella was sold several times, as were her siblings and children, a reminder that slave masters in Northern states were no less cruel and profit-minded than those of the South. Throughout her own life stor ...