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It can start with a knock on the door one morning. It is the local Indian agent, or the parish priest, or, perhaps, a Mounted Police officer. So began the school experience of many Indigenous children in Canada for more than a hundred years, and so begins the history of residential schools prepared by the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

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»Bin ich etwa keine Frau*? Sehen Sie mich an! Sehen Sie sich meinen Arm an! Ich habe gepflügt, gepflanzt und die Ernte eingebracht, und kein Mann hat mir gesagt, was zu tun war! Bin ich etwa keine Frau*?« - Sojourner Truth, 1851 Als Sojourner Truth während ihrer Rede auf einem Frauenkongress in Akron, Ohio, die Frage stellte, ob sie denn keine Frau* sei, brachte sie eine Debatte ins Rollen, deren Ausmaß nicht abzusehen war. Sie hatte nämlich ...

Unabridged value reproduction of Narrative of Sojourner Truth. She was sold for $100 but grew beyond her place in society to demand rights for women as well as African Americans. This is her story. This is her voice. She is the passionate woman on the Smithsonian Institution's list of "100 Most Significant Americans." She was the first black woman to win a case against a white man to regain her son. She was important enough in her own time to ...

I Now Know Who I AM!" is the first book written by Dr. Truth, of a forthcoming series. It is written to educate and enlighten our children with the TRUTH of The WORD (which is absolute - not merely relative) about themselves, in a way that's easy to understand and easy to apply to their lives - even now! It is meant to be enjoyable reading for everyone (children of all ages), yet offer a wealth of wisdom that is crucial to living an abundant, ...

Dictated to her friend Olive Gilbert and first published privately in 1850, "The Narrative of Sojourner Truth" is the memoir of Sojourner Truth, an African American woman who struggled against the bondages of slavery in the early 1800s. Sojourner Truth was born into slavery around 1797 but escaped with her infant daughter in 1826, finding refuge in the home of Isaac and Maria Van Wagenen of New Paltz, New York. Subsequently in 1828 she would b...

Truth spoke about abolition, women's rights, prison reform, and preached to the Legislature against capital punishment. Not everyone welcomed her preaching and lectures, but she had many friends and staunch support among many influential people at the time, including Amy Post, Parker Pillsbury, Frances Gage, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, Laura Smith Haviland, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony

Sojourner Truth transformed herself from a runaway slave into a well-known campaigner for abolition and women's rights. Her dedication to her principles and her fiery speaking style electrified the abolition movement and brought her fame. This is an extraordinary story about the triumph of an extraordinary woman.

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Excerpt from Observations on the Objects and Prospects of the Russian Railway Enterprise: And on Its Qualities as a Channel of Pecuniary InvestmentWorks to the value of already executed on the St. Petersburg and Warsaw line, are given over to the Company, which is only bound to reimburse that sum to the State by dividing with it the profits beyond Five per cent. Realised on that line, and no such deduction or division is to be made with regard...

Excerpt from The Moniad: A SatireMoney I sing. Behold the gaping crowd Which gathers When I breathe the word aloud. Attentive stand, the ripe, plethoric dame, The satined maiden With the spotless name, The lordly merchant all his mind\ at ease.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Boo...

This novel is inspired by the true facts of working for thirty years as a cleaning lady. This is an unusual case of two women, high society, and deviant sexual desire. The two women and denial make it unconventional fiction.What humanity would consider being the perfect white boomer couple that marries for all the right reasons with the intent of reaching and surpassing the American Dream! However, over the years, they become jaded by their ow...

This novel is inspired by the true facts of working for thirty years as a cleaning lady. This is an unusual case of two women, high society, and deviant sexual desire. The two women and denial make it unconventional fiction.What humanity would consider being the perfect white boomer couple that marries for all the right reasons with the intent of reaching and surpassing the American Dream! However, over the years, they become jaded by their ow...

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