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    Sojourner Truth was a former slave and abolitionist who fought for women's and civil rights in the 1800s. She was born into slavery in 1797 in New York and sold several times as a child. She married and had five children while enslaved. In 1826, she gained freedom and became an itinerant preacher advocating for abolition and women's rights. Her most famous speech was "Ain't I a Woman?" delivered in 1851 advocating for women's rights. Sojourner Truth was a pioneering civil rights activist who fought to end slavery and promote equality.

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    Sojourner Truth was a former slave and abolitionist who fought for women's and civil rights in the 1800s. She was born into slavery in 1797 in New York and sold several times as a child. She married and had five children while enslaved. In 1826, she gained freedom and became an itinerant preacher advocating for abolition and women's rights. Her most famous speech was "Ain't I a Woman?" delivered in 1851 advocating for women's rights. Sojourner Truth was a pioneering civil rights activist who fought to end slavery and promote equality.

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    SOJOURNER TRUTH

    By: Bhawan Sandhu and Lila Wright

    W HO IS S H E?
    Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist, womens rights
    activist, and civil rights activist in the 1800s. She gave
    herself the name we know her by in 1843. Her original name
    was Isabella Baumfree. She was a slave in New York, born as
    one in 1797. She was a very famous and important lady, and
    we hope you learn great things about her.

    HER EARLY YEARS


    Sojourner Truth was born in Swartekill, Ulster
    County, New York, in 1797 (estimated). She had as
    many as 11 siblings. Wow. Her parents names were
    James and Elizabeth Baumfree. She grew up
    speaking Dutch, as did her family and owner. When
    she was nine, she was sold at an auction for $100,
    with a flock of sheep. In the next two years, she was
    sold twice, and learned to speak English once she
    arrived in West Park, New York.

    S O J O U R N E R A N D H E R FA M I LY

    T E EN AG E T R UT H
    She fell in love with another slave named Robert,
    from a nearby farm, when she was 18, and had a
    daughter. When she was 20, she married an older
    slave named Thomas. Together they had one son and
    two daughters. She was such a young mommy!

    Sojourner Truth Video

    ADULT SOJOURNER
    In 1826, Sojourner Truth gained freedom by walking to the
    North. She was carrying her baby daughter, Sophia, when she
    became free; but she didnt stay in one spot. She went around
    the Midwest and East regions of America, preaching about
    human rights. She wrote a speech called Aint I A Woman?
    and read it in 1851 at the Womans Convention.

    Aint I A Woman?

    TRUTH SAID
    Sojourner has many famous quotes. Here is one
    of them.
    This means: Why should
    men have all the rights when
    women create the men in
    the
    first
    place?
    Its how
    very
    This
    quote
    shows
    unfair.
    differently
    women and
    men were treated. People
    like Sojourner Truth
    changed the world with
    their words. Now, men and
    women have the same
    rights.

    TRUTH ALSO SAID


    Here is another of Sojourners famous quotes.
    This means: Her
    enemies are lies, and her
    truthfulness can
    overcome them.
    This quote show how it is
    a better idea to stay truthful
    than to go through life
    telling lies, because lies can
    be proved wrong as the
    truth cannot.

    W H AT D I D S H E AC C O M P L I S H ?
    She was the first black woman to win a court case.
    It was against a white man.
    She changed the way people thought about black
    peoples and womens rights.
    She made the public transportation companies
    change their rules by winning another court case.

    HER DEATH
    Sojourner Truth died
    in her house on
    November 26, 1883. Even
    though her tombstone
    says she was 105 when
    she died, records claim
    that she was 86. She was
    a wonderful person, and
    she had an amazing
    impact on life.

    REFERENCES
    http://
    www.biography.com/people/sojourner-truth-95112
    84
    https
    ://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/bi
    ographies/sojourner-truth
    /
    http://
    www.sojournertruth.org/Library/Archive/LegacyOf
    Faith.htm

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