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Her birth, she was born a slave to a family of 14 with the name Isabella Baumfree

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She was sold to John Neely, around the age nine she was sold to a man at a auction named John Neely,she was sold at the auction for 100$.

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She was sold to Matinus Schryver,in 1808 Neely sold her for 105$ dollars to tavern keeper Martin Schryver,who owned her for 18 months.

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She was sold to John Dumont,for 175$ dollars and lived in new paltz,NY for the next 16 years.

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She got married to another slave on Dumonts property named Thomas.Over the next few years they had five children together

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After John Dumont failed to fulfil his promise to free her and her family, she escaped with her infant daughter, Sophia. she had to leave my other children behind for now, but she will return for them.

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Truth moved to New York City in 1828, where she worked for a local minister.

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By the early 1830s, she participated in the religious revivals that were sweeping the state and became a charismatic speaker

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In May 1851, Sojourner Truth gave a speech at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention that became known as the "Ain't I A Woman" speech. Sojourner Truth was not able to read or write, and since sound recording and film had not yet been invented, we know about what she said that day because other people wrote down what they remembered.