SOJOURNER TRUTH By: John Evans. MINI-BIOGRAPHY  Born a slave in New York State in1798  She was owned by a Dutch patroon  She wasn't schooled but acquired.

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SOJOURNER TRUTH By: John Evans

MINI-BIOGRAPHY  Born a slave in New York State in1798  She was owned by a Dutch patroon  She wasn't schooled but acquired vast knowledge about the bible  She helped with the abolitionist and women rights movemnent by writing her famous speech "Ain't I a woman"  Real name was Isabella but adopted the name Sojourner Truth in 1843

MINI- BIOGRAPHY(CONTINUED)  Escaped slavery in 1827 by fleeing to a Quaker Family named the Van Wageners  Helped during the civil war by collecting supplies for black regiments

MAJOR INTERESTS/WORKS/ACCOM PLISHMENTS  Known as an abolitionist, evangelist, and feminist, also known for her remarkable support in abolitionism and women's rights  Befriended many other abolitionists including Amy Post, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony.  She got money from the sale of her biography, the Narrative of Sojourner Truth, A northern Slave, written in 1850 by her friend Olive Golbert

MAJOR WORKS/INTERESTS/ACCOM PLISHMENTS  She assisted many blacks who traveled the Underground Railroad by helping them find new homes  First black woman to win a court case against a white man  Was a powerful speaker for black and women rights  Wrote her most powerful and influential speech "Ain't I a woman  Met Abraham Lincoln

SIGNIFICANT QUOTES  Most important legacy is the tone and substance of her language  "Give'em land and an oitset, and hab teachers learn'em to read. Den they can be somebody "  "If the first women God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these woman together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them

IMPACT ON PUBLIC ATTITUDES OR POLICIES  Sojourner had challenge Frederick Douglass on the issue on the issue of violence against slavery "Frederick is God dead"?  She met Abraham Lincoln at the white house  She won a court case against a white man

QUIZ  What year did Sojourner Truth escaped slavery?  Who did she meet at the white house?  What is she most famous for?  What did she speak against ?  What was Sojourner's real name?