Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, 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 …

Nov 22, 2025 · Sojourner Truth (born c. 1797, Ulster county, New York, U.S.—died November 26, 1883, Battle Creek, Michigan) was an African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious …

Oct 29, 2009 · Sojourner Truth was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist and author who was born into slavery before escaping to freedom in 1826. After gaining her freedom, …

Called by God to leave the city and “testify the hope that was in her” across the countryside, she took the name Sojourner Truth and began touring the country speaking against slavery.

Apr 11, 2025 · Sojourner Truth (l. c. 1797-1883) was an African American abolitionist, women's suffrage advocate, and civil rights activist who famously "walked away" from slavery...

This is the story of Sojourner Truth, an enslaved woman who became one of the most important social justice activists in American history.

Sojourner Truth was a highly visible, eloquent and moving abolitionist speaker and activist. She was the most powerful African American woman to consistently and publicly link the oppression of slavery …