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Born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree in Swartekill, New York
Born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree
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Sold at an auction with a flock of sheep for $100 to John Neely
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Sold twice ending up with John Dumont as her master in West Park, New York
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Forced to marry another slave named Thomas
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Escaped to freedom with her daughter, Sophia
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Sojourner's son, Peter, was illegally sold, causing her to take the issue to court. She was the first black woman to challenge a white man in the United States court.
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All slaves were emancipated a year after she escaped
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Converted to Christianity and moved to New York City with her son Peter
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Her son, Peter, left home
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Received 3 letters from her son, Peter, while he was gone on a whailing ship for a job
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Peter's ship returned to port, but Peter was not on board. Sojourner never heard from her son again.
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Became a Millerite Adventist
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Isabella changed her name to Sojourner Truth
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She joined the Northampton Association of Education
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Left the Millerites, for Jesus did not appear
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Northampton community disbanded
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Reassociated with the Millerite group that became known as Seventh-day Adventist
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She visited John Dumont, one of her close friends, before he moved west
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William Lloyd Garrison published Sojourner's memoirs
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Toured Ohio
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Delivered her "Ain't I A Woman?" speech at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention
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Spoke out for women rights at the Mob Convention
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Traveled to Battle Creek, Michigan to speak to a group called Friends of Human Progress
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Sold her home in Northampton and bought a house in Harmonia, Michigan
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Someone accused Truth of being a man in the middle of her speech; she opened her blouse and revealed her breast
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William Wetmore Story's statue was inspired by Sojourner Truth
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Her speech, "Ain't I A Woman?", was rewritten by Frances Dana Barker Gage
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Called to Washington, D.C. to contribute to the National Freedman's Relief Association
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Attempted to force the desegregation of streetcars in Washington by riding cars designated for whites
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Worked at Freeman's Hospital in Washington; rode in streetcars to help force their desegregation
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Moved from Harmonia to Battle Creek
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American Equal Rights Association
She divided her spech into three sessions arguing for balck men's rights. she received loud cheers from the crowd instead of rude comments, creating a better reputation for her. In her second session, she utilized the Bible. -
Traveled to western New York to visit with Amy Post
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Tried to secure land grants from the federal government to formal slaves
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Eighth Anniversary of Negro Freedom
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Returned to Battle Creek and tried to vote in the presidential election
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Died in Battle Creek, Michigan
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The Constitutional Amendment baring suffrage discrimination was ratified
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Sojourner Truth Organization was named after her
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Sojourner Truth Library is named in of her
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Interstate 194 was named for her in Michigan
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Inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame in Senaca Falls, New York
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Femeninst theorist and author names her first major work after Truth's speech "Ain't I A Woman?"
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Inducted into Michigan Women's Hall of Fame Lansing
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U.S. Postal Sevice issued a commemorative postage stamp in honor of her
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NASA Mars Pathfinder mission's robotic rver was named after her
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12-ft. high monument was built in Battle Creek, Michigan to honor her
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Sojourner was on the list of "100 Greatest Americans"
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