Sojourner Truth was born sometime in 1797 in Hurley, New York. Her real name was Isabella Baumfree. Her parents were slaves to a Dutch farmer and had 8 brothers and sisters. Although Sojourner Truth was not allowed to learn how to read or write, she was a wise woman and had an extraordinary gift of speech. Her mother taught her three rules that will help her when she was on her own: “never lie, never steal and …showed first 75 words of 501 total…

…showed last 75 words of 501 total…not recognize the law until they were defeated in the Civil War. During the war, Sojourner nursed wounded soldiers. She advised the freed slaves to get an education and to own land. After the Civil War, she continued to fight for black people and women’s rights. She dedicated her life to opening the doors of freedom to all people. Sojourner published her narrative in 1875 and died, at the age of 86, in Battle Creek, Michigan