It is written in the third person, with occasional quotes from Sojourner Truth's own voice. In 1827, Truth ran away to the home of a neighbor who was known to be an abolitionist who granted her liberty in 1828. The following excerpt from the narrative is from the 1850 edition. The Narrative was republished in 1875 and then again in 1884. She finished composing the biography and published it in 1850 with a preface by her friend William Lloyd Garrison. Gilbert dictated for Truth's Narrative over the course of four years. Olive Gilbert met Sojourner Truth during their mutual membership in the Northampton Association, a utopian community in Massachusetts. Truth was illiterate and used the help of her connections to dictate a narrative in 1850 which brought her national fame and readership. Because she traveled with religious revivals, she came into contact with many famous abolitionists who helped her gain recognition such as William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass. During this same point, she was compelled to change her name to Sojourner Truth. In 1843, she had a conversion experience where she felt convicted to preach. She also endured the illegal sale of her son and upon her freedom, she took legal action against a white man to recover her son. Sojourner Truth was born with the name Isabella in 1797 and by the time she reached age 30, she had been bought and sold four times.
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