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Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in 1797 in Ulster County, New York, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Baumfree.

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Sojourner Truth was only nine when she was being bought and sold, this happened four times and they subjected her to harsh physical labor and violent punishment .

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When Charles Hardenbergh died in 1806, nine-year-old Truth (known as Belle), was sold at an auction with a flock of sheep for $100 (~$2,560.10 in 2024) to John Neely, near Kingston, New York. Until that time, Truth spoke only Dutch, and after learning English, she spoke with a Dutch accent and not a stereotypical dialect.

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In her teens, she was united with another enslaved man with whom she had five children, beginning in 1815.

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She was forced to marry another slave named Thomas and had 13 children, most of which were sold away from her.

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In 1827-a year before New York's law freeing enslaved people were to take effect-Truth ran away with her infant Sophia to a nearby abolitionist family, the Van Wageners.

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Truth delivered the speech on May 29, 1851 at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.

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In 1857, Truth moved to Harmonia, Michigan, where she had friends and where her daughter Elizabeth lived. She later moved to Battle Creek.

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Sojourner Truth died at her home on November 26, 1883. Records show she was at the age of 86, yet her tombstone states she was 105.

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In 1999, Sojourner, a Mexican limestone statue of Sojourner Truth by sculptor Elizabeth Catlett, was unveiled in Sacramento, California on the corner of K and 13th Street. It was vandalized in 2013, where it was found smashed into pieces