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Sojourner's son, Peter, was illegally sold off to a man in Alabama when he was 5, so Truth took the issue to court and won, marking it as the first time a black woman successfully challenged a white man on court.

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Sojourner Truth was born into slavery. She was one of at least 12 children. The Baumfree family was owned by Colonel Hardenbergh and then by his son, Charles when the Colonel died. Sojourner escaped with her daughter but her son and othe daughter stayed behind. Sojourner found out that her son had been illegally sold out as a slave and she took it to court. She was the first black woman that successfully challenged a white man in a United States court.

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Truth escaped with her infant daughter, Sophia, to freedom in 1826.

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During her fight for women's rights and slavery Soujourner was able to meet with President Lincoln in the White House

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At least three of Sojourner's children were stolen from her when she was still owned by a New York man. She had 13 children in total

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The "Ain't I a Woman" speech was a speech arguing on the fact that Truth was a woman and she didn't get treated as one.

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Sojourner Truth was born in upstate New York about 1797. Sojourner Truth was a self-given name, her original name was Isabella Baumfree

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After her death on November 26, 1883 Sojourner was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery located in Missouri