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Sojourner truth

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth was a African-American women abolitionist and women rights activist

She was born November 26,1883, she was born into slavery.

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Her birth name is Isabella Baumfree, but in 1843 she changed it Sojourner Truth.

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Truth was one of the 11 children born to James and Elizabeth Baumfree.

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Her master Charles Hardenbergh died in 1806, made Truth sold at an auction for $100.

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Around 1815,Truth met and fell in love with a man named Robert.

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When Robert snuck over to see truth and was beaten really,really bad.

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Truth, never saw him again but, she found out that he died from the injuries.

Her owner forced her to marry a slave named Thomas.

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On june 1,1843, Truth change her name to Sojourner Truth.

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She changed it because of the "Spirit" calling her.

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In 1850 her book was published by William Lloyd Garrison called Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave.

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In 1851 Sojourner Truth had went to a Ohio Women Convention, and delivered a speech," Ain't I A Women."

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She traveled to Battle Creek to talk to people over the next 10 years.

In 1857 she sold her house and moved to Harmonia,Michigan.

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In 1870 Truth Tried to helped more slaves gain their freedom from slavery.

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In 1864 Truth was accepted as National Freedman Association in Washington,D.C.

Truth died on November 26,1883 at age of 86.

Interstate 194 was named after her.

Calender of Saints remembers her on March 10 every year.