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   Sojourner Truth (/ s oʊ ˈ dʒ ɜːr n ər, ˈ s oʊ dʒ ɜːr n ər /; born Isabella Baumfree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance.

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3. www.history.com › topics › black-historySojourner Truth - Quotes, Facts & Speech | HISTORY

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   Oct 29, 2009 · Learn about Sojourner Truth, an African American evangelist, abolitionist and women's rights activist who escaped from slavery and fought for freedom and equality. Discover her famous speech "Ain't I a Woman?", her lawsuit against a slaveholder and her role in the Civil War.

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4. www.britannica.com › biography › Sojourner-TruthSojourner Truth | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts

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   Jun 11, 2024 · Sojourner Truth, African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervor to the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. Obeying a supernatural call to ‘travel up and down the land,’ she sang, preached, and debated throughout the eastern and midwestern U.S.

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6. www.womenshistory.org › sojourner-truthBiography: Sojourner Truth - National Women's History Museum

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   Feb 1, 1999 · Learn about the life and achievements of Sojourner Truth, a formerly enslaved woman who fought for abolition, women's rights, and civil rights in the nineteenth century. Read her autobiography, her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech, and how she met President Lincoln and helped the formerly enslaved.

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   Apr 3, 2014 · Sojourner Truth was an African American abolitionist and women's rights activist best-known for her speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?",...

8. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › remarkable-untoldThe Remarkable Untold Story of Sojourner Truth | Smithsonian

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   Learn about the remarkable life and legacy of Sojourner Truth, a formerly enslaved woman who became a preacher, activist and author. Discover how she challenged the status quo of women, Black people and slavery in the 19th century.

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   Who was Sojourner Truth?

   • Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in 1797 to enslaved parents James and Elizabeth Baumfree, in Ulster County, New York. Around age nine, she was sold at an auction to John Neely for $100, along with a flock of sheep. Neely was a cruel and violent master who beat the young girl regularly.

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   What does Sojourner say in her speech?

   • In her speech, Sojourner speaks out for women's rights. She incorporates religious references in her speech, particularly the story of Esther. She then goes on to say that, just as women in scripture, women today are fighting for their rights.

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   How did Sojourner end her argument for equal rights for women?

   • In the second sessions of Sojourner's speech, she used a story from the Bible to help strengthen her argument for equal rights for women. She ended her argument by accusing men of being self-centered, saying: "Man is so selfish that he has got women's rights and his own too, and yet he won't give women their rights. He keeps them all to himself."

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   Why did Sojourner Truth Yelp?

   • In the 1881 edition of Truth’s life story, Olive Gilbert described a time when Truth tried to flag down a streetcar, only to be ignored. “She then gave three tremendous yelps,” the story goes on. “‘I want to ride! I want to ride!! I want to ride!!!’” Sojourner Truth seized the moment and jumped aboard. The angry conductor threatened to eject her.

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   Was Sojourner Truth a travel magazine?

   • In regard to the magazine Ms., which began in 1972, Gloria Steinem has stated, "We were going to call it Sojourner, after Sojourner Truth, but that was perceived as a travel magazine. Truth was posthumously inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1981.

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   Who wrote 'Sojourner Truth'?

   • Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol. New York and London: W. W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-31708-0. Painter, Nell Irvin. "Truth, Sojourner" in American National Biography (2000) doi: 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1500706 Painter, Nell Irvin. "Sojourner Truth in life and memory: Writing the biography of an American exotic."

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10. www.nps.gov › articles › sojourner-truthSojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman? - U.S. National Park Service

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    Nov 17, 2017 · Learn about the life and legacy of Sojourner Truth, a former slave and women's rights activist who delivered a powerful speech in 1851. Explore the controversy over different versions of her famous 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech.