5/13/2023 0 Comments The book of life sojourner truth![]() ![]() ![]() At this point, however, Isabella had already left her husband and taken her youngest child, going to work for the family of Isaac Van Wagenen. In 1827, New York law emancipated all enslaved people. She had many enslavers, and while enslaved by the John Dumont family in Ulster County, she married Thomas, also enslaved by Dumont and many years older than Isabella. Her parents were James and Elizabeth Baumfree. She was born in New York as Isabella Baumfree (after her father's enslaver, Baumfree) in 1797. The woman known as Sojourner Truth was enslaved from birth. 1797, Ulster county, New York, U.S.died November 26, 1883, Battle Creek, Michigan), African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervour to the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. Notable Quote: "This is what all suffragists must understand, whatever their sex or color-that all the disfranchised of the earth have a common cause." Sojourner Truth, legal name Isabella Van Wagener, (born c.Published Works: "The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave" (1850).Known For: Truth was an abolitionist and women's rights activist known for her fiery speeches. ![]()
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