Where these words come from
- 65% sureLots of sources credit Sojourner Truth with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Attributed 1863 speech account, Angola, Indiana (Book of Life, 1875) — documented wording is "the truth is powerful and will prevail"; library text is a paraphrase
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