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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth was not written by Sojourner Truth and for that reason is not usually studied in a scholarly setting. Some question the vailidity of the narrative. There were multiple editions from 1850 to 1884. The Narrative was not well receieved and was viewed as a blantent, paranoid outlook of a pathetic figure. Race is not directly confronted, but is viewed in an economic, political, legal, and theological way.