SOJOURNER TRUTH

SOJOURNER TRUTH, (1797 -1883) Abolitionist, orator, and one of the leaders of the women’s movement. She was a speaker and lecturer who fought for the rights of African Americans.

Sojourner Truth was a well-traveled speaker who spoke mainly to white audiences on religion, civil, and women’s rights. After the Civil War, she put her efforts into trying to find work for African Americans.

Narration:

Born to slavery in 1797, she became an abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Her name – Sojourner Truth.

One of thirteen children in upstate New York, her birth name was Isabella Baumfree.

Under the harsh realities of slavery, she was sold by the age of nine.  She survived until she escaped to freedom in 1826.  Religious inspirations caused her to change her name to Sojourner Truth in 1843, and she began traveling to deliver thousands of speeches on abolishing slavery and fighting for women’s rights.

She could not read or write, but her best-known speech “Ain’t I A Woman?” was so profound that several versions were published.

From slavery to an audience with President Lincoln, her memoirs, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave, continue to share her true story with the world.

Sojourner Truth – A Great American

Credits: Editor: Stacy T. Holmes, ACE, Narrator: Steve Schy, Music: PartnersinRhyme.com, Digital Collection: Library of Congress, Copyright: CBN Communications