Sojourner Truth

Sojourner
Truth
 Sojourner Truth was
born in New York and
lived from approximately
1797 to November 26-
1883.

 She was sold at eleven

years old for $100 with a
flock of sheep.
 RELIGION
 She was an African-American
abolitionist and women’s rights
activist. She believed the Holy
Spirit wanted her to have this
name.

 Inspired by her conversations

with God, she walked to
freedom. She escaped with
her infant daughter in 1826.

 She became a traveling

preacher
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 She was the first black

woman to successfully
challenge a white man
in court and to get her
son back from a slave
owner.

 Recruited black troops

for the Union Army
during the Civil War.
 Sojourner Truth

After her death she

received may honors:

 Monument to honor
her.
 US postal stamp
 Mars probe Sojourner
was named in her honor
 Sojourner
Truth statue
Sojourner Truth stone
 THANKS
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