The Sugar-Cane Auction
Chapter 1
Belle, age nine, is taken to town to be sold at auction.
“A hundred dollars... if you throw in the girl and that clock.”Read Excerpt One
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The Traveler of Truth
Two excerpts from the Sojourner Truth story
Meet Belle as a nine-year-old child at the moment her life is sold away, then meet the woman she becomes decades later as Sojourner Truth confronts a hostile room at the Akron Women’s Rights Convention.
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Ain’t I a Woman?
Chapter 24 · Akron Women’s Rights Convention
Sojourner Truth rises to speak before a hostile crowd at the Akron Women’s Rights Convention.
“I ain’t askin’ you to make me nothin’. God done that.”Read Excerpt Two
Historical Fiction
Discover the full story.
The Traveler of Truth follows Isabella from enslavement to the public life of Sojourner Truth.