SOJOURNER TRUTH

By Zara

BOLD Sojourner Truth’s owner, John J.

Dumont, promised to let her free, but when he backed out on his vow, she fled, fortunate that she found Isaac and Maria Van Wagener, who bought her freedom.

SOJOURNER TRUTH

Also names Isabella Van Wagener by the people who bought her freedom.

BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS Born in 1797 in Ulster County, NY Lived In damp cellar First language- Low Dutch Sold to John J. Dumont in New Paltz, NY

BRAVE Sojourner Truth found out that her

son had been sold out of the state (which is illegal) and she pressed court proceedings and won her son back.

SPECIAL STUFF Good at singing A speaker Won a trial against white man Had a vision in which she saw love in

the form of Jesus In June 1843, she took the name of

Sojourner Truth

SOJOURNER TRUTH

Sojourner Truth is still remembered today.

SAD Sojourner Truth had seen most of her

children sold off to slavery, crying a mothers grief.

COURAGEOUS Sojourner Truth was a leader in the

Women's Rights Movement and gave a very important speech that changed the minds of everyone who heard.

FAMILY LIFE Father- John Mother- Elizabeth Husband- Thomas Children- Peter, Diana, Elizabeth, and

Sophia

SOJOURNER TRUTH- THE ENDSojourner Truth helped the abolitionist

movement, and was a leader in the Women’s Rights Movement.

Isabella Van Wagener A.K.A Sojourner Truth

BIBLIOGRAPHYBIBLIOGRAPHY

"Truth, Sojourner." American Reformers. 1985. Biography Reference Bank. Web. 11 Mar. 2010.