Sojourner Truth

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Sojourner Truth was the self-given name, from 1843, of Isabella Baumfree, an American abolitionist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York. Her best-known speech, which became known as "Ain't I a Woman?", was delivered in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. Before she became a well known abolitionist she was a follower of "The Kingdom of Matthias," an evangelical cult of the Second Great Awakening of America.

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Also known as:
Isabella Baumfree
Born:
1797
Died:
1883

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