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Sojourner Truth was a runaway slave who became a women's rights and abolitionist activist. She was the first black woman to successfully sue a white slave owner for the freedom of her child.
she was the first black woman to win a case in court against a white man which helped the USA
She: # Preached at conventions and meetings. # Won a court case as the first black woman to do so. # Talked to President Lincoln. -Toral Suresh Kachhadia
Well first when she was with one of her owners they would beat her, and at one point one of her owner's named John made her a promise saying that she would be free if she worked hard, well she did. Then when she told him she had worked hard for him, he broke the promise. So that night she left with her son. She is an independent woman that wouldn't back down for women's rights and slavery! :)
Her actual name is Isabella Baumfree but she likes to call herself Sojourner Truth because the spirit calls for her and she must go Sojourner Truth rocks! :)
sojouner truth was the first black women to win such a case against a white man
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Marshal Truegood was the first black Justis in court.
D. it provided more slaves for her owner
Sojourner Truth was a runaway slave who became a women's rights and abolitionist activist. She was the first black woman to successfully sue a white slave owner for the freedom of her child.
Sojourner Truth was sold into slavery three times. She was first sold at nine years old to John Neely, later to James Hardenbergh, and finally to John Dumont.
sojourner truth owner were a man named martin schryver, and the other was john dumont. sojourner got tired of him bossing her so she escaped.
Sojourner Truth
According to Historians, Sojourner Truth was happy to have many children at first because it provided more slaves for her owner.
Sojourner Truth's first slave husband was named Thomas. They had six children together. Diana, Peter, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Sophia.
Sojourner Truth was born into slavery and later became a prominent abolitionist and women's rights activist. She gave a famous speech titled "Ain't I a Woman?" at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Ohio. Sojourner Truth successfully sued to regain custody of her son, becoming one of the first Black women to win such a case against a white man in court.