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(‎Changed claim: title page transcription (P15): [1] NARRATIVE | OF | SOJOURNER TRUTH, | A | NORTHERN SLAVE, | EMANCIPATED FROM BODILY SERVITUDE BY THE STATE OF | NEW YORK, IN 1828. | WITH A PORTRAIT. | [rule] |)
(‎Changed claim: title page transcription (P15): [2] 'SWEET is the virgin honey, though the wild bee store it in a reed; | And bright the jewelled band that circleth an Ethiop's arm; | Pure are the grains of gold in the turbid stream of the Ganges; | And fair the living flowers that spring from the dull cold sod. |)
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'SWEET is the virgin honey, though the wild bee store it in a reed; | And bright the jewelled band that circleth an Ethiop's arm; | Pure are the grains of gold in the turbid stream of the Ganges; | And fair the living flowers that spring from the dull cold sod. |
[2] 'SWEET is the virgin honey, though the wild bee store it in a reed; | And bright the jewelled band that circleth an Ethiop's arm; | Pure are the grains of gold in the turbid stream of the Ganges; | And fair the living flowers that spring from the dull cold sod. |

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1850 edition, printed in Boston by J.B. Yerrinton and Son
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Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850 Boston edition)
1850 edition, printed in Boston by J.B. Yerrinton and Son

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    [1] NARRATIVE | OF | SOJOURNER TRUTH, | A | NORTHERN SLAVE, | EMANCIPATED FROM BODILY SERVITUDE BY THE STATE OF | NEW YORK, IN 1828. | WITH A PORTRAIT. | [rule] |
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    [2] 'SWEET is the virgin honey, though the wild bee store it in a reed; | And bright the jewelled band that circleth an Ethiop's arm; | Pure are the grains of gold in the turbid stream of the Ganges; | And fair the living flowers that spring from the dull cold sod. |
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    Wherefore, thou gentle student, bend thine ear to my speech, | For I also am as thou art; our hearts can commune together: | To meanest matters will I stoop, for mean is the lot of mortal; | I will rise to noblest themes, for the soul hath a heritage of glory. [rule] | BOSTON: | PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR. | 1850.
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