Sojourner Truth
Author
– 1883
Who was Sojourner Truth?
Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. Born Isabella Baumfree, in 1843 she gave herself the name Sojourner Truth. Her best-known extemporaneous speech on gender inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?", was delivered in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. During the Civil War, Truth helped recruit black troops for the Union Army; after the war, she tried unsuccessfully to secure land grants from the federal government for former slaves.
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- Also known as
- Isabella Baumfree
- Isabella Van Wagener
- Parents
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Ghanaian American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Battle Creek
- Northampton
- Died
- Nov 26, 1883
Battle Creek - Resting place
- Oak Hill Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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