Sojourner Truth

Item

Name
Sojourner Truth
Isabella Baumfree
Surname
Truth
Death Year
1883
Bio Sketch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_Truth
https://archive.org/details/womenofdistincti00scru/page/48/mode/2up?view=theater&q=truth
Status at Birth
Enslaved
Occupation
Public Lecturer
Orator
Suffragist
Itinerant Preacher
Abolitionist
Housekeeper
Activist
Residence
Washington, DC
Battle Creek, Michigan
New York, New York
Massachusetts
Birth Place
Ulster County, New York

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Head and shoulders illustration of Sojourner Truth facing front.Sojourner Truth Image
Sojourner Truth seated and facing front, She is holding yarn in one hand. Sojourner Truth Image
Head and neck photo of Sojourner Truth looking left.Sojourner Truth Image
3/4 body portrait of Sojourner Truth standing and facing front. Text under the portrait reads, "If de fust woman God ever made was strong enough to turn de world upside down all alone, dese women all togedder ought to be able to turn it back and get it right side up agin.—Sojourner Truth." Sojourner Truth Image
Sojourner Truth seated beside a table with a vase of flowers. She is looking at the camera and holding yarn in one hand.Sojourner Truth Image
Sojourner Truth seated at a table with an open book on it. Abraham Lincoln stands next to Sojourner Truth and is looking at the book. Sojourner Truth and Abraham Lincoln Image
3/4 body photo of Sojourner Truth seated with a picture in her lap. Sojourner Truth Seated with Photograph of Her Grandson, James Caldwell of Co. H, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, on Her Lap Image
Sojourner Truth Woman Leader in the Fight against Slavery NewsArticle
Sojourner Truth facing front with her left fist on her waist. Sojourner Truth, "The Libyan Sibyl" Image
Sojourner Truth: An Account of One of Her Interviews with President Grant NewsArticle
We Will Be Free: The Life and Faith of Sojourner Truth Text
Items with "Author: Sojourner Truth"
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Book cover of "Narrative of Sojourner Truth."Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828 Text
Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from Her "Book of Life;" Also, a Memorial Chapter, Giving the Particulars of Her Last Sickness and Death Text
Book cover of "Narrative of Sojourner Truth" with a portrait of Sojourner Truth in the center. Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from Her "Book of Life" Text
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person