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- African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth was born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York.
- Sojourner Truth once estimated that she was born between 1797 and 1800.[11] Truth was one of the 10 or 12[12] children born to James and Elizabeth...
- In 1843, she changed her name to Sojourner Truth, announcing that she would travel the land preaching truth and working against injustice.
- She supported herself by selling copies of her book, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth , which she had dictated to Olive Gilbert.
- In 1843, she declared that the Spirit called on her to preach the truth, renaming herself Sojourner Truth.
- The Sojourner Truth House is a nonprofit organization sponsored by the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ located in Gary, Indiana.
- Sojourner Truth was sold at an auction at the age of nine, along with a flock of sheep, for $100.
- The most authentic version of Sojourner Truth's, "Ain't I a woman," speech was first published in 1851 by Truth's good friend Rev.
- Yet the only speaker from that day who attained near-mythical status was Sojourner Truth, a formerly enslaved traveling preacher from New York State.
- In 1844, she joined the Methodist church, changed her name to Sojourner Truth, and began speaking around the country in favor of abolition.
Sojourner Truth
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- Doğum tarihi ve yeri:1797, Swartekill, New York, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
- Ölüm tarihi ve yeri:26 Kasım 1883 (86 yaşında), Battle Creek, ABD
- Ebeveynleri:James Baumfree, Elizabeth Baumfree