Dr. Michelle Chresfield

Yeah, so it's a kind of education, civic organization focused on women's rights, liberal education, abolition. She doesn't immediately love it. It's kind of a stark kind of place that people bathe in a river, right? So it's about this kind of like essential kind of living. But she believes it gives her equality of feeling, liberty of thought, and the largeness of soul.

Yeah, so it's a kind of education, civic organization focused on women's rights, liberal education, abolition. She doesn't immediately love it. It's kind of a stark kind of place that people bathe in a river, right? So it's about this kind of like essential kind of living. But she believes it gives her equality of feeling, liberty of thought, and the largeness of soul.

And so this is a utopian community that's a stop on the Underground Railroad. And it's really where she begins to cultivate relationships her kind of feelings around anti-slavery and women's issues particularly. So it's a huge moment for her and her development as a speaker.

And so this is a utopian community that's a stop on the Underground Railroad. And it's really where she begins to cultivate relationships her kind of feelings around anti-slavery and women's issues particularly. So it's a huge moment for her and her development as a speaker.

Yeah, I mean, the headline act is, well, you know, Frederick Douglass is just starting out. And so there's tension. And they disagreed on these kind of philosophical things that also, I think, bled into their personality differences. So Douglass really stressed the importance of education.

Yeah, I mean, the headline act is, well, you know, Frederick Douglass is just starting out. And so there's tension. And they disagreed on these kind of philosophical things that also, I think, bled into their personality differences. So Douglass really stressed the importance of education.

He taught himself to read and write and really wanted to be this sophisticated public orator, right, who styled himself on the figures that surrounded him. Sojourner Truth, right? She's Sojourner Truth now, right? She was illiterate. She never learned to read and write. And I think by this time in her 30s, she was okay with that. She wasn't trying to change.

He taught himself to read and write and really wanted to be this sophisticated public orator, right, who styled himself on the figures that surrounded him. Sojourner Truth, right? She's Sojourner Truth now, right? She was illiterate. She never learned to read and write. And I think by this time in her 30s, she was okay with that. She wasn't trying to change.

And she had this more kind of homespun, accessible type of demeanor. And, you know, Douglass would say something not so nice about her. Douglass would write about how she would publicly point out his mistakes and also call him to the carpet for things that he would do in terms of prioritizing black men over women.

And she had this more kind of homespun, accessible type of demeanor. And, you know, Douglass would say something not so nice about her. Douglass would write about how she would publicly point out his mistakes and also call him to the carpet for things that he would do in terms of prioritizing black men over women.

Douglass really believed that truth was trying to really make him look bad in the public.

Douglass really believed that truth was trying to really make him look bad in the public.

Yeah, so Sojourner needs the money, right? She's giving it all the way to Matthias and these other types of institutions that she's involved in. Yeah, so she narrates her life story to Olive Gilbert, who's a friend of William Lloyd Garrison, so the noted abolitionist. So it's the narrative of Sojourner Truth drawn from her book of life, and it's published in 1850.

Yeah, so Sojourner needs the money, right? She's giving it all the way to Matthias and these other types of institutions that she's involved in. Yeah, so she narrates her life story to Olive Gilbert, who's a friend of William Lloyd Garrison, so the noted abolitionist. So it's the narrative of Sojourner Truth drawn from her book of life, and it's published in 1850.

And even though the narrative is about Sojourner Truth, right, she is a person who can't read and write. So she's narrating her life story to Olive Gilbert. And Gilbert's voice is actually very present. And at one point, you know, kind of implores the reader, you need to buy this book. This woman has spent her money poorly. Her daughters are not taking care of her.

And even though the narrative is about Sojourner Truth, right, she is a person who can't read and write. So she's narrating her life story to Olive Gilbert. And Gilbert's voice is actually very present. And at one point, you know, kind of implores the reader, you need to buy this book. This woman has spent her money poorly. Her daughters are not taking care of her.

Like the only way that you're going to support this woman is if you buy this book.

Like the only way that you're going to support this woman is if you buy this book.

Yes. So in 1853, Sojourner Truth approaches Harriet Beecher Stowe for this endorsement. She gives it. And then 10 years later, Stowe will publish this article titled Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sybil. And the piece actually suggests that Truth had died. So she has to come out later and like, you know, tell the people I didn't die. I'm still around. Okay.

Yes. So in 1853, Sojourner Truth approaches Harriet Beecher Stowe for this endorsement. She gives it. And then 10 years later, Stowe will publish this article titled Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sybil. And the piece actually suggests that Truth had died. So she has to come out later and like, you know, tell the people I didn't die. I'm still around. Okay.