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Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 – 26 November 1883) wis the sel-gien name, frae 1843, o Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist an weemeen's richts activist. Truth wis born intae sclavery in Swartekill, New York. Her maist faur-kent speech, 'Ain't I a Woman?', wis gied in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.

Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth
BornIsabella Baumfree
c. 1797
Swartekill, New York
Dee'dNovember 26, 1883
Battle Creek, Michigan
NaitionalityAmerican
PawrentsJames Baumfree
Elizabeth Baumfree