Sojourner Truth

By Alice Meismer

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background
Source one: The Abolitionists: Sojourner Truth

• Sojourner Truth was the self-given name, from 1843 onward, of

Isabella Baumfree, a Black American abolitionist and women's rights
activist. Truth was born into slavery in New York around 1797 but
escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. Her best-known
speech on racial inequalities "Ain't I a Woman?" was delivered in 1851
at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention.
Source two: Aint I A Woman?
• "Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as many
rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ
come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a
woman! Man had nothing to do with Him."
Source 3- National park services
• "It was while with the Van Wagenens that Baumfree experienced a religious
awakening, becoming a devout Christian. In 1829, she and Peter left New Paltz
and moved to New York City. Baumfree worked as a housekeeper in the city, and
at one point was accused of poisoning and stealing from one of her employers. She
was acquitted of both charges. In 1839, Peter took a job on a whaling ship.
Although Baumfree received letters from her son during his journeys, when the
ship returned to New York in 1842, Peter was not on board. She never heard from
him again."
sources
• Source 1: Newsela - The Abolitionists: Sojourner Truth
• Source 2: Newsela | Search
• Source 3: Biography: Sojourner Truth (womenshistory.org)
• Source 4: Sojourner Truth (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)