Tag: Sojourner Truth
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Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree around 1797, was an American abolitionist and advocate for African American civil rights, women’s rights, and temperance. She was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped to freedom with her infant daughter in 1826. In 1828, she went to court to reclaim her son and became the first…