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Hardenburg Estate in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York. Sojourner Truth was born sometime during the year 1787, historians believe. Her true given name was Isabella Baumfree. Her first master was Johannes Hardenburg.
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Sometime during 1806, Isabella was auctioned, with a few sheep, to John Neeley (owner of a shoe store) for $100.
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She is later sold to Martinus Shryver (a fisherman/tavern keeper) sometime during 1808.
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Isabella was then sold to John Dumont (a farmer) sometime during 1810.
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Maine is admitted to the US as a free state, while Missouri is admitted as a slave state, keeping the balance between slave and free states.
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After years in slavery, Isabella Baumfree ran away with her infant daughter to New York to work as a domestic servant. However she had not "run away", thinking that it was wicked, but she "walked off" Thank goodness she made it!
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Isaac and Maria VanWagenen, a couple living on a farm, protected Isabella from her old master.
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She contacted her son, and restored him legally as her child.
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She then began to work as a domestic servant in New York City sometime during 1827.
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The "Liberator", a weekly newspaper supporting abolition in slavery, begins to be published (fonded by William Lloyd Garrison)
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Isabella left New York to start preaching in other Northenrn States. She took on the name Sojourner Truth.
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The Declaration was drafted in the first Women's Rights Convention. This states what women want to accomplish through the Women's Suffrage Movement.
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Soujourner was supporting the new women's suffrage movement.
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Soujourner then settled to Battle Creek, Michigan after her retirement.
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Women's Suffrage Conventions were held annually in these years, influencing Sojourner Truth.
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At the Ohio Women's Rights Convention, Sojourner started giving her famous speech "Ain't I a Woman?"
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Abraham Lincoln is the new president (and is later inaugurated on March 4, 1831)
Sojurner Truth supported Lincoln. She even met him at the White House later in life. -
The Civil War officially begins, causing Sojourner Truth to bring much support to African-American soldiers fighting.
Especially at the beginning of the Civil War, Sojourner gathered supplies for black volunteer soldiers. -
Abraham Lincoln, as president, declares that all slaves are now free.
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The National Freedman's Relief Association and Sojourner Truth helped counsel former slaves for their new life/resettlement.
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The National Woman Suffage Association was founded in May, while the American Woman Suffrage Association was founded in November.
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Sojourner supported the migration of freedmen to Missouri and Kansas.
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Battle Creek, Michigan. Sojourner Truth lived to be 106 years old, influencing many causes throughout the 19th Century.
