By : Xantia Jacquel George Isabella Baumfree By : Xantia Jacquel George

Truth, Sojourner, Isabella Baumfree (ca. 1791-1883) Sojourner Truth, an abolitionist, women’s rights activist, emancipated slave and itinerant evangelist, Well known 19th Century African American woman. She was born around 1791, from a young age, this enslaved girl was bought and sold several times by slaveowner’s in New York. She married an enslaved man named Thomas, and together they had five children. On July 4, 1827, the New York State Legislature emancipated her, and she moved with her son to New York City, where she worked as a live-in domestic. She became involved in a religious cult known as the Kingdom, whose leader, Matthias, beat her and assigned her the heaviest workload. The turning point in Truth’s life came on June 1, 1843, when she adopted a new name, This is where she lived as a child .

In the year 1851 Sojourner, and headed east for the purpose of “exhorting the people to embrace Jesus, and refrain from sin.”. She preached at camp meetings and lived in a utopian community. She also toured the public speaking circuit on behalf of abolition and women’s rights, In 1851, she gave her infamous “Ain’t I A Woman” speech at a Women’s Rights Convention. The plight of freed slaves then caught her attention, and she championed the idea of a colony for freed slaves in the West, where they would have a chance to become self-supporting and self-reliant.

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Sojourner Truth In 1850, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other feminists of the day; thereafter, she added the cause of women’s rights to her lectures, delivering her famed “Ain’t I a Woman” speech at a convention in Akron, Ohio the next year. At the invitation of Quaker friends, Truth moved to their village of Harmonia, Michigan on the outskirts of Battle Creek in 1857. Although she continued to travel widely, Battle Creek would thereafter be home to Truth, her children, and grandchildren.

During The Civil War During the Civil War, Truth worked tirelessly to ensure that troops of color were treated fairly, even assembling care packages for them on Thanksgiving Day. She met with President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. and, in 1865, sued and won a judgment against a streetcar company that led to the desegregation of such conveyances. She also served as a counselor to freed slaves in Virginia--helping to provide them with the skills needed to achieve self-sufficiency.

Her was known ! All over ! Truth delivered her best-known speech in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention. The speech has become known as Ain't I a Woman? “Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the Negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what's all this here talking about? That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman? Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it? [member of audience whispers, "intellect"] That's it, honey. What's that got to do with women's rights or Negroes' rights? If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full ? Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him. If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women 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 .Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say.” --Sojourner Truth

Summary I chose Truth, Sojourner, Isabella Baumfree , because she is a Leader. She tried her hardest to get out her thought of being a African American women that has no rights .She believed that herself &others deserved better ! She once said “the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.” She meant sooner or later they will understand that what their doing to these young African American woman &men ,was wrong !They will know how it feels later in the future! They will know later, that these people are humans to ,that they are not animals or objects to be sold or passed around! Her words showed me a different side ! They made me understand that I should be grateful to my world now ! That I am lucky not to be sold away from my mother . To know that I don’t have to be beaten because I don’t listen to the one who doesn’t care ,has love for me , or just because I am a African American !

Questions (???) 1).What year did she give her Famous speech (Aint I A Woman)? A).1799 B).1885 C).1851 D).1967

THE ANSWER WAS 3).1851 PROOF- Truth delivered her best-known speech in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention.

When did the New York State Legislature emancipated her ? B). 1791, C). 1865 D) July 4, 1827

THE ANSWER WAS 4). July 4,1827 PROOF- On July 4, 1827, the New York State Legislature emancipated her.

In 1850 who did she meet ? Elizabeth Cady Stanton Other feminists of the day Both answer’s 1. & 2. Quaker friends

THE ANSWER WAS 3). Both answer’s 1. & 2. PROOF- In 1850, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other feminists of the day