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Thank you my friend SGT (Join to see) for making us aware that on November 26, 1883 African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist and author, Sojourner Truth [born as Isabella Bomfree] died at the age of 86.
Rest in eternal peace Sojourner Truth.

The Former Slave Who Inspired a Nation | Sojourner Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSaOPSdabKM


Images:
1. Sojourner Truth and Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., October 29, 1864 -painted by Franklin C. Courter (1893)
2. Sojourner Truth 'I sell the shadow to support the substance' standing with cane as support
3. Sojourner Truth, African-American Abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist, Illustration from the Film, 'The Emerging Woman'
4. Sojourner Truth standing with cane as support



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1. Thoughtco.com
2. Womenshistory.org
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Sojourner Truth Quotes, Speech, Biography, Education, Facts, History.
Sojourner Truth (/soʊˈdʒɜːrnər ˈtruːθ/; born Isabella ("Bell") Baumfree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, in 1828 she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.

She gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in 1843. Her best-known speech was delivered extemporaneously, in 1851, at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. The speech became widely known during the Civil War by the title "Ain't I a Woman?," a variation of the original speech re-written by someone else using a stereotypical Southern dialect; whereas Sojourner Truth was from New York and grew up speaking Dutch as her first language. During the Civil War, Truth helped recruit black troops for the Union Army; after the war, she tried unsuccessfully to secure land grants from the federal government for former slaves.
In 2014, Truth was included in Smithsonian magazine's list of the "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time".
Sojourner Truth Quotes, Speech, Biography, Education, Facts, History.
Sojourner Truth (/soʊˈdʒɜːrnər ˈtruːθ/; born Isabella ("Bell") Baumfree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, in 1828 she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.

She gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in 1843. Her best-known speech was delivered extemporaneously, in 1851, at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. The speech became widely known during the Civil War by the title "Ain't I a Woman?," a variation of the original speech re-written by someone else using a stereotypical Southern dialect; whereas Sojourner Truth was from New York and grew up speaking Dutch as her first language. During the Civil War, Truth helped recruit black troops for the Union Army; after the war, she tried unsuccessfully to secure land grants from the federal government for former slaves.

In 2014, Truth was included in Smithsonian magazine's list of the "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaAQDyUmbJo
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