[ABOLITION] Sojourner Truth's account of meeting Lincoln featured in The Liberator. 23 Dec. 1864.

The Liberator. Vol. XXXIV, No. 52. Boston, MA. 4pp., folio, 18 x 25 in., containing a complete printing of a letter from Sojourner Truth describing her meeting with President Abraham Lincoln on 29 October 1864.

She writes, in part: "He was seated at his desk. Mrs. C. and myself walked up to him. Mrs. C. said to him, 'This is Sojourner truth, who has come all the way from Michigan to see you.' He then arose, gave me his hand, and said, 'I am glad to see you'...I then said, 'I appreciate you, for you are the best President who has ever taken the seat.' He replied thus:—'I expect you have reference to my having emancipated the slaves in my Proclamation; but,' said he, mentioning the names of several of his predecessors, and particularly Washington, 'they were just as good, and would have done just I have, if the time had come. And if the people over the river,' pointing across the Potomac, 'had behaved themselves, I could not have done what I have.' I replied, 'I thank God you were the instrument selected by Him and the people to do these things.' I presented him with one of my shadows and songs, for which he thanked me, and said he would keep them as a remembrance. He then showed me the splendid Bible presented to him by the colored people..."

Sojourner Truth's meeting with President Abraham Lincoln at the White House marked a significant moment for the fight for African American freedom and women's rights.

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[ABOLITION] Sojourner Truth's account of meeting Lincoln featured in The Liberator. 23 Dec. 1864.

[ABOLITION] Sojourner Truth's account of meeting Lincoln featured in The Liberator. 23 Dec. 1864.