Sojourner Truth

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learned to speak English with a Dutch accent. Her father soon found her another master. She was bought along with a herd of sheep for $100. Both of her parents were dead by the time she turned twelve. Slave masters liked Isabella because by the time she was fifteen she was over six feet tall. Her size made her an optimal field hand. They often bragged about her working “as hard as any man”. Slaves did not control any part of their own lives. Not even when it came to marriage and love. Isabella made the mistake of falling in love with a man, Robert that was the slave of another master. This was strictly prohibited because if a baby was born to this union it would not belong to Robert’s master. In 1814 she was made to marry Thomas, also owned by John Dumont. Over the next twelve years they had five children. Isabella named all her children after family members she had lost.

In 1817 New York State promised slaves they would be emancipated by 1827. This made Isabella’s suffering ...

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office, repeating her story”. She soon learned the “process of law” moved slower than she liked. Because it was illegal to sell a person across state lines, not because they sold humans, she was awarded custody of her son. In 1828 she and Peter stayed in the Hudson Valley (close to her other children) until 1829 when they moved to New York City. One of her reasons was so that Peter could get more help at a special school. One of her church friends sponsored him in the new school. Peter’s life would soon get worse. He wouldn’t work or got to school and he began lying and stealing. He was ordered to go to work on a ship. When the ship returned, Peter was not on there and his mother never ...

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