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 American abolitionist and women's rights activist.

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 American abolitionist and women's rights activist.

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Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in 1797 to James and Elizabeth Baumfree, slave parents in Rifton, New York.
"She was bought and sold four times, and subjected to harsh physical labor and violent punishments." In her teens, she was united with another slave with whom she had five children, beginning in 1815.

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Around 1827, Isabella would receive her release papers. But she and Dumont made a agreement she'd haven them 1 year early if she was "faithful" and did a specific amount of work. Although, "despite keeping her end of the deal with a diseased hand, Dumont refused to give Isabella the papers. "
"He was a cruel and violent slave master who beat the young girl regularly."
She later escaped to freedom with her infant daughter, Sophia. She had to leave her other children behind because they were not legally freed.

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Sometime in 1843, Isabella hears voices instructing her to be "an instrument of God", whose mission was to "sojourn the land and speak (of) God's truth." From that, she renames herself "Sojourner Truth" and went on her quest.

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Sojourner Truth speaks off with Frederick Douglass at a abolitionist rally regarding the Fugitive Slave Clause.
Many say she was one of the "first Black women to successfully challenge a white man in a United States court."
She also operates out of Salem, using the "Anti-Slavery Bugle" office as her headquarters.

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At the 1851 Women's Rights Convention held in Akron, Ohio, Sojourner Truth delivered what is now recognized as one of the "most famous abolitionist and women's rights speeches in American history" “Ain't I a Woman?” She continued to speak out for the rights of African Americans and women during and after the Civil War

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Truth permanently moves to Battle Creek, Michigan, continuing her struggle for women rights' and abolishing slavery.

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Sojourners' national acceptance and popularity were greatly increased by Harriet Beecher Stowe's publication of their meeting in 1853 titled "The Libyan Sibyl."

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Sojourner Truth dies at her home in Battle Creek on November 26th, 1883, buried along with her family in the towns Oak Hill Cemetery.

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https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sojourner-truth

https://www.biography.com/activist/sojourner-truth