Truth, Sojourner. Letter to Amy Kirby and Isaac Post.

Title

Truth, Sojourner. Letter to Amy Kirby and Isaac Post.

Creator

Truth, Sojourner

Contributor

Amy Kirby and Isaac Post

Description

Handwritten letter from Sojourner Truth to Amy Kirby and Isaac Post, n.d. Truth writes to the Posts about her recent travels and a convention she attended.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

331

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Transcription

(Page 1)
      From Sojourner Truth

Dear Mrs Post

            I have arrived safe in Ohio.
I got to Buffaloe[sic] on the evening of the same
day I left you. I left Buffalo Friday night and
and arrived in Cleaveland[sic] on Saturday. had a
beautiful passage up the lake. Stopped among
colored friends and was treated with great
kindness until Tuesday. attended ameeting [sic]
and sold three dollars worth of books. and on
Tuesday went to Akron to the Convention where
I found plenty of kind friends just like you
& they gave me so many kind invitations I [obliterated]
hardly knew which to accept of first—But [obliterated]
I left Akron this morning and got to Huds[on?] [obliterated]
in time to take the cars for Ravenna where
I came to the house of Mrs Skinner who was
at the convention and invited me to her
house to remain until Mr [Treat?] comes
to make arrangement for me. The Lord has
directed me to this quiet family. and here I
shall probably remain some days—If there are
any letters there for me direct them to Mrs Mary
Ann B. Skinner Ravenna Portage Co. Ohio
          I sold a good many books at the Convention
and have thus far been greatly prosperous—
Tell dear Abby Fair I wish she was here and
she must come in ^the^ fall with Garrison and friends
With ^love^ you and all kind friends, Abby especially and her
dear mother and sister I remember all your kindness

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This from your friend Sojourner Truth

(Page 2)

To Mr Post I would say I have found some kind
spirits like you. [Dear?] Edmund I remember
you still bathing you with water spiritually.                    Sojourner

[Text aligned vertically along middle of Page 2]

Mr. Isaac Post
       Rochester
          Monroe Co
              New York

Annotations

Sojourner Truth, a former slave and abolitionist, is writing from Ohio to fellow abolitionist, Amy Post. "Abby Fair" may refer to Abby Thayer, an abolitionist. William Lloyd Garrison was a radical abolitionist and the editor of the Liberator. Edmund may refer to Edmund Willis, a cousin of Post's.

Tags

Abolitionism; Personal

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Truth, Sojourner, “Truth, Sojourner. Letter to Amy Kirby and Isaac Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 22, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2630.

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