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11 juin 2024 · Sojourner Truth, African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervor to the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. Obeying a supernatural call to ‘travel up and down the land,’ she sang, preached, and debated throughout the eastern and midwestern U.S.
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20 juin 2024 · Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York. She experienced the harsh realities of slavery from a young age, being sold multiple times and enduring brutal treatment. Despite the oppressive conditions, Truth’s resilience and spiritual strength carried her through these dark times. In 1826, she escaped slavery with ...
Il y a 5 jours · Uncover the life story of Sojourner Truth, an enslaved woman from a Dutch NY family, who became an icon of the Black liberation movement!
14 juin 2024 · On May 29th, 1851, a striking, 6’ tall, African American woman rose to speak at the Women’s Rights Convention being held in Akron, Ohio. There Sojourner Truth gave her famous “Ain’t I a Woman Speech.” Originally named Isabella, and known as “Bell,” Truth was born into slavery in 1797, the second youngest of James ...
14 juin 2024 · Sojourner Truth sold prints of her own image to fund her abolitionist efforts. Ahead of Juneteenth’s celebration of Black emancipation, learn about six remarkable abolitionists through their photographs.
20 juin 2024 · Sojourner Truth by Nell Irvin Painter Biography of Sojourner Truth, a woman born into slavery who, inspired by religion, made herself over into a strong public presence, traveling America in the years between the 1840s and late 1870s, denouncing slavery and advocating freedom, women's rights, and temperance.
11 juin 2024 · At a time when most black women were slaves or servants and even white women were expected to sit quietly in the corner, Sojourner Truth transformed herself from a runaway slave to a well-known campaigner for abolition and women's rights.
