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Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth. By Zara. Bold. Sojourner Truth’s owner, John J. Dumont, promised to let her free, but when he backed out on his vow, she fled, fortunate that she found Isaac and Maria Van Wagener, who bought her freedom. Sojourner Truth.

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Sojourner Truth

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  1. Sojourner Truth By Zara

  2. Bold Sojourner Truth’s owner, John J. Dumont, promised to let her free, but when he backed out on his vow, she fled, fortunate that she found Isaac and Maria Van Wagener, who bought her freedom.

  3. Sojourner Truth Also names Isabella Van Wagener by the people who bought her freedom.

  4. Birth and early years • Born in 1797 in Ulster County, NY • Lived In damp cellar • First language- Low Dutch • Sold to John J. Dumontin New Paltz, NY

  5. Brave Sojourner Truth found out that her son had been sold out of the state (which is illegal) and she pressed court proceedings and won her son back.

  6. Special stuff • Good at singing • A speaker • Won a trial against white man • Had a vision in which she saw love in the form of Jesus • In June 1843, she took the name of Sojourner Truth

  7. Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth is still remembered today.

  8. Sad • Sojourner Truth had seen most of her children sold off to slavery, crying a mothers grief.

  9. Courageous Sojourner Truth was a leader in the Women's Rights Movement and gave a very important speech that changed the minds of everyone who heard.

  10. Family life • Father- John • Mother- Elizabeth • Husband- Thomas • Children- Peter, Diana, Elizabeth, and Sophia

  11. Sojourner Truth- the End Sojourner Truth helped the abolitionist movement, and was a leader in the Women’s Rights Movement. Isabella Van Wagener A.K.A Sojourner Truth

  12. BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY "Truth, Sojourner." American Reformers. 1985. Biography Reference Bank. Web. 11 Mar. 2010.

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