Sojourner Truth was another powerful supporter of both abolition and women's rights. She had been born into slavery in about 1797. Her birth name was Isabella Baumfree. She took the name Sojourner Truth because she felt that her mission was to be a sojourner, or traveler, and spread the truth. Though she never learned to read or write, she impressed many well-educated people. One person who thought highly of her was the author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe said that she had never spoken "with anyone who had more…personal presence than this woman." Truth stood six feet tall and was a confident speaker.
Yes, Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in New York. She later escaped and became an influential abolitionist and women's rights activist.
Yes. Sojourner Truth was a truth slave, an abolitionist and a women's rights activist.
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Sojourner Truth was sold as a slave at around nine years old.
Sojourner Truth was born into slavery around 1797 in Swartekill, New York.
Sojourner Truth married an older slave named Thomas in 1799, when she was around 21 years old. They had several children together before Thomas was forced to sell their son to a plantation in Alabama.
As a slave, Sojourner Truth was subjected to harsh physical labor and abuse. She was sold several times to different owners and experienced the pain of being separated from her family. Despite these challenges, she eventually escaped slavery and became a prominent abolitionist and women's rights activist.
Sojourner Truth's middle name is Wagener. Sojourner Truth's middle name is Wagener.
Sojourner Truth was sold as a slave at around nine years old.
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Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth married a slave named Thomas and had 5 children.
No, Sojourner Truth's husband was not white. She was a former slave who married a fellow African American man named Thomas.
Being a slave
yes sojourner truth's children were slave's to as proven in an experience of a lifge time
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she was a slave
Sojourner Truth was born into slavery around 1797 in Swartekill, New York.
Sojourner Truth was a slave and had no education. At that time African Americans were slaves and spent most of their lives working in homes.