Sojourner Truth Essay
Sojourner Truth, a well known Women’s Rights Activist and Civil Rights Activist, was born in 1797 to James and Elizabeth Baumfree. Born in the town of Swartekill, New York, her birth name was Isabella (Belle) Baumfree and she was one of twelve children. Due to her mother and father both being the property of Colonel Hardenbergh, Sojourner Truth was also considered the property of Hardenburgh. Though when Hardenbergh died in 1806, Sojourner Truth was nine years old and had been sold to John Neely. Two years later, after being sold to John Neely with a flock of sheep for one-hundred dollars, she was sold to Martins Schryver for one-hundred and five dollars. Martins Schryver then sold her in 1810, two years after he bought her, to John Dumont, who was her last
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Her second child, Diana, was the daughter of either Robert or John Dumont, while her third, fourth, and fifth children, whose names were Peter, Elizabeth, and Sophia, who were the children of Thomas, while her first born, James, had died in childhood. Finally, in 1826, Sojourner Truth had escaped with her infant daughter and had devoted her life to the abolitionist cause. In 1828, she had filed a court case against John Dumont, who had illegally sold her son, Peter, to an owner in Alabama. This was the first court case in history of a black won going to court against a white male and winning the case. A few years later, after escaping, Sojourner had settled in New York until 1843, when she decided to travel and speak out against slavery. During this time, she had lived in Ohio and Northampton, Massachusetts. Along the way, she had meet many leading figures in that time and had become friends with a few. She had never given up on helping the abolitionist cause until November 26th, of 1883, when Sojourner Truth had died in Battle Creek Michigan at the age of
Her second child, Diana, was the daughter of either Robert or John Dumont, while her third, fourth, and fifth children, whose names were Peter, Elizabeth, and Sophia, who were the children of Thomas, while her first born, James, had died in childhood. Finally, in 1826, Sojourner Truth had escaped with her infant daughter and had devoted her life to the abolitionist cause. In 1828, she had filed a court case against John Dumont, who had illegally sold her son, Peter, to an owner in Alabama. This was the first court case in history of a black won going to court against a white male and winning the case. A few years later, after escaping, Sojourner had settled in New York until 1843, when she decided to travel and speak out against slavery. During this time, she had lived in Ohio and Northampton, Massachusetts. Along the way, she had meet many leading figures in that time and had become friends with a few. She had never given up on helping the abolitionist cause until November 26th, of 1883, when Sojourner Truth had died in Battle Creek Michigan at the age of