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Historian and author NELL IRVIN PAINTER

Fresh Air
Published September 24, 1996 at 10:00 PM MDT

Historian and author NELL IRVIN PAINTER. She is a Professor of American History at Princeton University. She's written a biography of the ex-slave and fiery abolitionist who was born Isabella Van Wagenen and rechristened herself Sojourner Truth. "Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol." (W.W. N

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