Potus Geeks Summer Reruns: Abraham Lincoln and Sojourner Truth

[kensmind]

Sojourner Truth was a 19th century African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Born with the name Isabella Baumfree, she was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, she became the first African-American woman to be

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[seaivy]

that famous"Ain't I a Woman" speech was reconstructed by a reporter who attended the meeting
it was written is a "southern style" which Truth's letter shows she would NEVER have used