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    Sojourner Truth was born in New York; around 1797, she was sold into slavery at an early age. She had many owners over the years. She married another slave from another farm and they had 5 children. After several years she ran away from her owner and went to work for a family as a maid. When she later became a free person, she became a Civil Rights Activist for women. Sojourner Truth was known for spontaneous speeches on racial equal opportunities. She was known for her speech “Anit I a Women “This

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    At the 1851 Women's Right Convention in Akron, Ohio Sojourner Truth, delivers a wonderful speech about women’s rights. Her speech is arguing the claim made by ministers that states, “: women were weak, men were intellectually superior to women, Jesus was a man, and our first mother sinned.” Sojourner Truth’s speech is to draw attention to the topic of women’s right. Implying that in this world women need to be helped when it comes to them being outside. For her, it is not even like the stereotype

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    Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth once remarked, in reply to an allusion to the late Horace Greeley, "You call him a self-made man; well, I am a self-made woman” (Gilbert, v). This quote digs deeper into the leadership of what Sojourner Truth’s journey was all about. Truth’s greatest commitments for women’s suffrage stood alongside of her remark to Greely. No woman was just to be a housewife or slave to her own family, but to be able to enjoy the world as man did. Sojourner Truth was an important

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    Sojourner Truth once remarked, in reply to an allusion to the late Horace Greeley, "You call him a self-made man; well, I am a self-made woman” (Gilbert, v). This quote digs deeper into the leadership of what Sojourner Truth’s journey was all about. Truth’s greatest commitments for women’s suffrage stood alongside of her remark to Greely. No woman was just to be a housewife or a slave to her own family, but to be able to enjoy the world as men did. Sojourner Truth was an important figure in American

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    time for the thousands of people that enslaved in America. Sojourner Truth was both of these things and worked her entire life to get the rights she deserved. Though she never lived to get all of her rights, she was an influential figure in working towards these rights. Sojourner Truth was one of the most famous orators of her time, speaking out against slavery and inequality to anyone who would listen. Being born into slavery, Sojourner Truth witnessed many injustices and, as a result, worked her entire

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    Sojourner Truth was an extremely strong and courageous woman. She proceeded through many hardships and Truth even escaped the bondage from slavery. After that she spoke out for women’s rights and was even the first African American woman to take a white man to court and win. Throughout her eighty six years of life Sojourner Truth she stumbled through numerous hardships, escaped slavery, and spoke out on women’s rights. First, Truth was a slave for most of her life.In earlier years Truth

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    Sojourner Truth Thesis

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    Sojourner Truth was a significant historical figure and a symbol of equality. Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in 1797. Originally conceived as Isabella Baumfree, by James and Betsey Baumfree. Growing up, she only spoke a bit of Dutch and similar to most slaves, Sojourner never learned to read and write. She and her family were the assets of Colonel Johannes Hardenbergh. She lived on a New York Estate and was beaten and mistreated like most slaves at the time. During her time in slavery, around

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    Sojourner Truth Biography

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    Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree, was a powerful women’s rights activist, an African-American abolitionist, an orator, and a preacher. She is well-known for being an icon for strong black women. Her power and strength did not begin when she became a women’s rights activist. Her bravery and courage began the moment she was born. Truth faced the daily struggles of a black woman in the 1800s. She went from having lived with at least four owners to becoming a free woman in 1828. In 1828, the state

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    “Do you know Sojourner Truth was an Abolitionist, a Women’s Right Activist, and a Feminist?”, well I choose her to learn about what she did and what she did was fantastic and heroic! My abolitionist was ¨Sojourner Truth¨. I choose her because she did many great things to make society better today and had many good facts. Even though Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist, she was also a ¨Woman's Right Activist¨ and a “Feminist”. Sojourner was a slave herself and she did have a opinion about it. She

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    Sojourner Truth Speech

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    Sojourner Truth was a slave but eventually escaped and did a lot of work helping others. After she escaped slavery, she embraced evangelical religion and became involved in moral reform and abolitionist work. As time went on, she started doing work in the civil war and gathering supplies. During the civil war, she trampled the roads, where she collected food and clothing for black regiments. She collected supplies for black regiments and immersed herself in advocating for freedpeople during the reconstruction

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