Sojourner Truth

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Sojourner Truth was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate best known for her powerful “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech and her tireless activism for racial and gender equality.

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instanceOf African American ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
public speaker ⓘ
women's rights activist ⓘ
advocatedFor abolition of slavery ⓘ
prison reform ⓘ
property rights for women ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Isabella Van Wagenen ⓘ
associatedWith Frederick Douglass ⓘ
Harriet Beecher Stowe ⓘ
women's rights leaders in the 19th-century United States ⓘ
autobiographyPublished 1850 ⓘ
birthName Isabella Baumfree ⓘ
linked to: Sojourner Truth
causeOfDeath old age ⓘ
commemoratedBy Sojourner Truth Memorial in Florence, Massachusetts ⓘ
commemoratedOn U.S. postage stamp ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1797 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1883-11-26 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1851 ⓘ
enslaved yes ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
event delivered “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech ⓘ
freedFromSlavery 1826 ⓘ
gaveSpeechAt Ohio Women's Rights Convention, Akron, Ohio ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasAutobiography Narrative of Sojourner Truth ⓘ
honoredIn National Women's Hall of Fame ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legacy symbol of intersectional struggle for racial and gender equality ⓘ
legalStatusAtBirth enslaved person ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
first-wave feminism ⓘ
women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ
notableAction successfully sued for the return of her son from slavery ⓘ
notableFirst first Black woman to win a court case against a white man in the United States ⓘ
notableWork “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech ⓘ
numberOfChildren 5 ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
author ⓘ
orator ⓘ
women's rights advocate ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingston, New York area ⓘ
Swartekill, Ulster County, New York ⓘ
placeOfDeath Battle Creek, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Battle Creek
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousDenomination Methodism ⓘ
residence Battle Creek, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Battle Creek

Massachusetts ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
linked to: New York
spouse Thomas (enslaved husband) ⓘ
subjectOf Sojourner Truth bust in the U.S. Capitol ⓘ
supportedBy Northern abolitionists ⓘ

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