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Sojourner Truth

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Sojourner Truth was a strong woman that spoke her mind for what she believed in. Sojourner Truth, originally named Isabelle, was born into slavery about 1797 in Ulster County, New York. Around 1815 Isabella married Thomas, a fellow slave, and had five kids, Diana, Peter, Elizabeth, Sophia, and a fifth child who may have died in infancy. Isabella settled in New York City until 1843, when she changed her name to Sojourner Truth. Then announcing she would travel the land as an itinerant preacher, working against injustice and telling the truth. Truth lived Northampton, Massachusetts, where she bought a home. She traveled around preaching human rights. She was illiterate, ...

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eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman?"

She concluded her argument saying, "Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him." [HYPERLINK: http://www.nps.gov/wori/hisotryculture/sojourner-truth.htm]

Sojourner supported herself by selling portraits captioned "I sell the Shadow to support the Substance." She also received income from her biography written by her friend, Olive Gilbert. The Biography was titled The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, A North Slave. Ten years later, she moved into Battle Creek, turning a small barn on College Street into her home. She lived there with her daughters, Diana and Elizabeth until her death. During her lifetime she brought, and won, three lawsuits. She retrieved her son, Peter, who had been illegally sold from New York into slavery in Alabama. She also won a slander suit in NYC and a personal injury case after she was injured in a streetcar accident in ...

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Added: 2/1/2015 09:02:25 PM
Submitted By: MarlaReyna0203
Category: Biographies
Type: Free Paper
Words: 529
Pages: 2

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