SOJOURNER TRUTH

By: John Evans

MINI-BIOGRAPHY

Born a slave in New York State in1798

She was owned by a Dutch patroon

She wasn't schooled but acquired vast knowledge about

the bible

She helped with the abolitionist and women rights

movemnent by writing her famous speech "Ain't I a woman"

Real name was Isabella but adopted the name Sojourner

Truth in 1843

MINI-BIOGRAPHY(CONTINUED)

Escaped slavery in 1827 by fleeing to a Quaker

Family named the Van Wageners

Helped during the civil war by collecting supplies

for black regiments

M A J O R I N T E R E S T S / W O R K S / A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S

Known as an abolitionist, evangelist, and feminist, also

known for her remarkable support in abolitionism and

women's rights

Befriended many other abolitionists including Amy Post,

William Lloyd Garrison, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony.

She got money from the sale of her biography, the

Narrative of Sojourner Truth, A northern Slave, written in

1850 by her friend Olive Golbert

M A J O R W O R K S / I N T E R E S T S / A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S

She assisted many blacks who traveled the Underground

Railroad by helping them find new homes

First black woman to win a court case against a white

man

Was a powerful speaker for black and women rights

Wrote her most powerful and influential speech "Ain't I a

woman

Met Abraham Lincoln

SIGNIFICANT QUOTES

Most important legacy is the tone and substance of her

language

"Give'em land and an oitset , and hab teachers learn'em to

read. Den they can be somebody "

"If the first women God ever made was strong enough to

turn the world upside down all alone, these woman together

ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again!

And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them

IMPACT ON PUBLIC AT TITUDES OR POLICIES

Sojourner had challenge Frederick Douglass on the

issue on the issue of violence against slavery

"Frederick is God dead"?

She met Abraham Lincoln at the white house

She won a court case against a white man

QUIZ

What year did Sojourner Truth escaped slavery?

Who did she meet at the white house?

What is she most famous for?

What did she speak against ?

What was Sojourner's real name?