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A powerful picture book biography of one of the abolitionist
movement''s most compelling voices. Sojourner Truth traveled the
country in the latter half of the 19th century, speaking out
against slavery. She told of a slave girl who was sold three times
by age 13, who was beaten for not understanding her master''s
orders, who watched her parents die of cold and hunger when they
could no longer work for their keep. Sojourner''s simple yet
powerful words helped people to understand the hideous truth about
slavery. The story she told was her own. "Only Passing Through" is
the inspiring story of how a woman, born a slave with no status or
dignity, transformed herself into one of the most powerful voices
of the abolitionist movement. Anne Rockwell combines her lifelong
love of history with her well-known skill as a storyteller to
create this simple, affecting portrait of an American icon. "From
the Hardcover Library Binding edition."
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