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I was born as an enslaved person in Rifton NY in 1797 and grew up in Ulster County, New York.

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I was the 12 child born in my family. I also was sold around the age of 9 for 100$ dollars. As a typical child born into slavery my date of birth was not recorded.

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My mom Elizabeth Baum free and my Dad were both an enslaved person

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You may be supersized but sojourner truth is not my real name, my real name is Isabella Baum free.

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When I was still a slave my owner john Dumont promised me he’d make me free if I would do well and be faithful he never did keep his promise and still kept me as a slave

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I once preached about abolitionism and equal rights for all so we can all live in peace and harmony.

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I devoted my whole life to the abolitionist cause and helped recruit black troops for the union army.

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My hobbies are being American evangelist, women's rights activists and an author

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At the age of 18 I fell in love with an enslaved man named Robert from a nearby farm me and him had three children with him and 2 with someone else.

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I got famous over my speech AINt i a women speech where i talked about the challenges women have to face and stood up against women being able to vote. fot women

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I got married with my lover Thomas in 1817 and lived happily every since

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This is a picture shows how it looked when I ran from my slave owner 

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When I was around 19 years old I ran away from my slave owner with my daughter Sophia to a near by abolitionist family house hold were they hid me from my slave owner.

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while I was a slave I had a supernatural encounter with God himself where I felt a holy spirit blessing me and giving me the will to keep on going.

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I once filed a lawsuit to get custody of my son over my old slave owner and won after that me and him were finally reunited.

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Omg Omg I cant believe I was the first black woman to sue a white man in the untied states court and actually win🤯