Sojourner Truth - Wikipedia
WEBSojourner Truth (/ s oʊ ˈ dʒ ɜːr n ər, ˈ s oʊ dʒ ɜːr n ər /; born Isabella Baumfree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom ...
Sojourner Truth - Quotes, Facts & Speech | HISTORY
WEBOct 29, 2009 · Sojourner Truth was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist and author who was born into slavery before escaping to freedom in 1826. After gaining her freedom,...
Sojourner Truth | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts
WEBApr 12, 2024 · Sojourner Truth (born c. 1797, Ulster county, New York, U.S.—died November 26, 1883, Battle Creek, Michigan) was an African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervour to the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. Isabella was the daughter of slaves and spent her childhood as an abused …
Biography: Sojourner Truth - National Women's History Museum
WEBFeb 1, 1999 · 1797-1883. Edited by Debra Michals, PhD | 2015. A formerly enslaved woman, Sojourner Truth became an outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women’s rights in the nineteenth century. Her Civil War work earned her an invitation to meet President Abraham Lincoln in 1864.
Sojourner Truth - Quotes, Speech & Facts - Biography
WEBApr 3, 2014 · (1797-1883) Who Was Sojourner Truth? Sojourner Truth was an African American abolitionist and women's rights activist best-known for her speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?",...
The Remarkable Untold Story of Sojourner Truth | Smithsonian
WEBCivil rights pioneer. Now the full story of the American icon’s life and faith is finally coming to light. A close-up of Sojourner Truth’s face in statue created by Woodrow Nash. An 1883 New...
Sojourner Truth - American Literature - Oxford Bibliographies
WEBSojourner Truth (b. c . 1797–d. 1883), born enslaved as Isabella Van Wagenen in the Hudson River Valley of Ulster County, New York, spoke Dutch as her first language.
Sojourner Truth’s battle cry still resonates 170 years later
WEBMay 28, 2021 · HISTORY & CULTURE. NEWS. Sojourner Truth’s battle cry still resonates 170 years later. Her famous “Ain’t I a woman?” speech helped launch the women's suffrage movement and symbolizes...
Sojourner Truth (Educational Materials: African American Odyssey)
WEBDec 9, 1998 · Sojourner Truth has the distinction of being the first African American woman to win a lawsuit in the United States; the first was when she fought for her son's freedom after he had been illegally sold.
Sojourner Truth: A Resource Guide - Library of Congress
WEBDec 10, 2019 · Last Updated: May 27, 2020. Introduction. Sojourner Truth was a charismatic speaker, an itinerant preacher, who traveled around New England spreading the gospel of Jesus, abolition, and women's rights. In 1850, Truth dictated what would become her autobiography, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, to Olive Gilbert, who …
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