Truth, Sojourner. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Truth, Sojourner. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Truth, Sojourner

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

186 ?

Description

Handwritten letter from Sojourner Truth to Amy Kirby Post. Written on behalf of Truth, fellow activist, Eliza Leggett details Truth‚Äôs talents and potential as a lecturer.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1303

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

My dear Mrs. Post-
I have written You & Mary
& I care what Sojourner has done
and I will tell you of her meeting
in the Unitarian Church, word
has given out the Sojourner
would speak in the Lecture
Room & before the homiliy-
has throng’d [sic] & she came out
to Speak– but it was so crowded
that we had to go up into the
Church- & that was soon fill’d [sic]
& Sojourner gave some of the
Experiences she had in Washington
her labors with the Freedmen
her troubles with the Cars – her
Effort –to make known the
Conditioning of the Contrabands
& the great toys of our Government
she spoke with Power- & gave
her testimony with a Spirit of
wonderful clearness-

(Page 2)

Sojourner says that I must-
tell you that she sleeps between
two fires- a room between the
Dining Room in which is an
[oriental?] Stove self feeder & the
Office of Mr. Legett where is
another coal stove, the Lord
she says is good to her, &
provides for her Comfort and
her grateful heart always
gives praise to her Heavenly
Father.
Sojourner’s visit to
us is fraught with much
comfort. My Family all
Love her, all ful that- she is
a Mother in Truth- and
that [forever?] her messages to
the children of men will
last- for they are like
apples of Gold set in
Pictures of Silver-

(Page 3)

She says tell Amy Post I
send her five dollars-
that she was kind Enough
to lend to me- she would have
sent it before but she has
been so busy-

Sojourner is very happy
that her Example has
been felt in her
renunciation of Tobacco
only prays that the seed of
her Effort will spread
on the whole world-

Sojourner would be glad to
know if this letter reaches you

With kind regards from
Thy friend Eliza L Seggett

(Page 4)
Loyally left to be remembered
to all Enquiring friends-

Annotations

On behalf of abolitionist and former slave, Sojourner Truth, Eliza Leggett is writing to Amy Post. Mary was Post's step-daughter. After the Civil War, Truth worked for the Freedmen's Bureau in Washington, D.C. to help former slaves find jobs. She encountered racism on the tram cars throughout the country, as she traveled. Leggett refers to Truth's work with the anti-tobacco movement.

Tags

Freed Slaves; Personal

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Truth, Sojourner, “Truth, Sojourner. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 22, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3591.

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