Sojourner Truth Sojourner truth was born into slavery in Hurley, Ulster County, New York and given the name was Isabella. In 1828 she was freed, when New York emancipated slaves. She heard voices she believed were god. She preached to people in the streets of New York in 1829 and then, as the voices told her to she took the name Sojourner Truth. In 1829 and then, as the voices told her to she took the name Sojourner Truth. She then preached on the eastern seaboard. Later that year she became an abolitionist and went around the country preaching for the Abolitionist Movement. When she met up with the Woman’s Rights Movement in 1850 she also helped them by preaching around the country. During the civil war she solicited gifts for black volunteer regiments and went to the white house and was accepted by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864. She advocated a “Negro st....

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