Sojourner Truth

By lteague370
  • Sojourner Truth is Born

    Sojourner Truth is Born

    We dont know the exact date she was born.
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    Sojourner Truth

  • The first time Truth was sold.

    The first time Truth was sold.

  • Congress prohibits the African slave trade.

    Congress prohibits the African slave trade.

  • First U.S. factory able to convert cotton into cloth opens.

    First U.S. factory able to convert cotton into cloth opens.

  • First African Methodist Episcopal Church is formed

    First African Methodist Episcopal Church is formed

  • American Colonization Society was established to transport free blacks back to Africa.

    American Colonization Society was established to transport free blacks back to Africa.

  • The first high school to offer girls education was just created

    The first high school to offer girls education was just created

    Troy Female Seminary
  • American Colonization Society founds Liberia as a colony for free blacks from the U.S.

    American Colonization Society founds Liberia as a colony for free blacks from the U.S.

  • The first African American newspapers are published, callled Freedom's Journal.

    The first African American newspapers are published, callled Freedom's Journal.

    Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm
  • Sojourner Truth is promised freedom, but not granted it.

    Sojourner Truth is promised freedom, but not granted it.

    Her owner did not grant her freedom because her owner knew he needed her labor because of crop failure.
  • Truth escaped and moved to New York City, and worked as a maid.

    Truth escaped and moved to New York City, and worked as a maid.

  • the American Anti-Slavery Society is founded in Philidelphia

    the American Anti-Slavery Society is founded in Philidelphia

  • First Wagon Train Arrives in California

    First Wagon Train Arrives in California

  • Truth started her career as a lecturer and changed her name to Sojourner Truth.

    Truth started her career as a lecturer and changed her name to Sojourner Truth.

  • Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin

  • Truth sold her house in Massachusetts and moves to Michigan

    Truth sold her house in Massachusetts and moves to Michigan

    date not exact
  • Truth faced down critics who doubted she was a woman so she bared her breasts in one of her lectures.

    Truth faced down critics who doubted she was a woman so she bared her breasts in one of her lectures.

  • Truth wrote her first book on slavery and womens' rights.

    Truth wrote her first book on slavery and womens' rights.

    (not exact date on all of the events.)
  • Truth wrote the second edition of her book.

    Truth wrote the second edition of her book.

  • Truth dies,

    Truth dies,

    (date not exact)

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