Sojourner Truth

Written and researched by Jean

     Sojourner was the first female black abolitionist. She was born into slavery in about 1797(the exact date is unknown) to James and Betsey Bomefree. Throughout Sojourner’s life, it was always her mother’s Christian faith that kept her working for her dream for blacks to be equal to whites. Sojourner worked hard all her life for equal rights and freedom for all African Americans. She wanted to let the river of equality flow smoothly between blacks and whites someday. The following series of letters between a girl named Ruth who sees no color and her aunt will tell more about Sojourner’s life. The letters are fictional, but the information about Sojourner is the truth!

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Set out for a new life with only 25 cents in your pocket

Win a lawsuit against a white man

Gather supplies for black soldiers in “War Between the States”

Be accused often of a man dressed up as a woman

Keep up your speech-making because of your mother’s Christian faith

Have 13 brothers and sisters, but never get to see them.

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Researched and posted March 2004