Sojourner Truth
(1797-1883)
African-American activist
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Sojourner Truth (born Isabella "Belle" Baumfree; c. – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.
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Isabella Baumfree 1797 Swartekill, New York
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26 November 1883 (aged 86) Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
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