Sojourner Truth

Isabella Baumfree, known as Sojourner Truth Born in 1797 in Ulster County, New York She was one of 13 children Born to Elizabeth and James The sad truth to her story is that she was born a slave. She was sold several times and married a made named Thomas Together they had 5 kids and marriage was kept a promise Then one day in 1827, she ran away with her youngest child Her life soon became mild. She experienced a religious conversion, preachers in a booth Then she moved on to New York and changed her name to Sojourner Truth In the late 1840s she became an abolitionist All throughout this time she remained a Methodist In 1850 women’s suffrage became her plea Her most famous speech was “Aint I a Woman” two years before 1853 She moved again to Michigan and joined another religious commute No longer a Methodist she became Seventh Day Adventists During the Civil War she raised food and clothes The black soldiers that she gave them to gave her praise and woes She met Abraham Lincoln at the White House in 1864 She pressed for him to try to bring the blacks home from war After the Civil War she tried to get jobs for the blacks But no one would allow that, they wouldn’t even donate some slacks She was active in the Civil Rights Movement until her Grandsons death in 1875 She then returned to Michigan until the day she died. Thank you Sojourner for the things you’ve done One day when God comes back he’ll praise you with his only son