Narrative of Sojourner Truth

ISBN-10: 1535587695
ISBN-13: 9781535587693
Series: Narrative of Sojourner Truth
Pages: 98
Language: English
Published: 2016-07-29
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Authors: Sojourner Truth, Olive Gilbert

Description

Narrative of Sojourner Truth written by Olive Gilbert based on information provided by Sojourner Truth.. Sojourner Truth, born Isabella "Bell" Baumfree: c. 1797 - November 26, 1883, was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, 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 a case against a white man. She gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in 1843. Her best-known speech was delivered extemporaneously, in 1851, at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.