When Harriet Met Sojourner
32 pages2007AmistadISBN 9780060504267
About this book
<p> Two women with similar backgrounds. Both slaves; both fiercely independent. Both great, in different ways. </p> <p> Harriet Tubman: brave pioneer who led her fellow slaves to freedom, larger than life . . . yearning to be free. </p> <p> Sojourner Truth: strong woman who spoke up for African American rights, tall as a tree . . . yearning to be free. </p> <p> One day in 1864, the lives of these two women came together. <i>When Harriet Met Sojourner</i> is a portrait of these two remarkable women, from their inauspicious beginnings to their pivotal roles in the battle for America's future. </p>
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Amistad
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 32
- ISBN
- 9780060504267
- Language
- en
About Unknown Author
Catherine Clinton is the Denman Professor of American History at the University of Texas at San Antonio, a post she took up in August 2014. She continues as an international research professor in the School of History and Anthropology at her former university Queen's University Belfast. She specializes in American History, with an emphasis on the history of the South, the American Civil War, American women, and African American history. - Wikipedia
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