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Sojourner Truth went to court against a white man to secure the freedom of her son Peter who was sold into slavery illegally. She was the first black woman to win a legal battle against a white man. The Supreme Court granted her son freedom and reunited with her. This event challenged gender norms and biases. She was more confident to keep making history and change the world for good.
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Sojourner officially launched her career as an activist for equal rights when she joined an organization called the Northampton Association of Education and Industry. In this Organization she met very important abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass.
I believe that this supported her belief that she could change the world and gave her goals more clarity as she had a medium to convey her messages and her convictions.
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Sojourner Truth began a lecture tour for a women's rights conference in Akron, Ohio where she gave the inspiring speech called "Ain't I a Woman". She talked about racial and gender inequality and advocated for women's suffrage to occur simultaneously as men.
Her goals changed as they became more acquirable. She knew that she had to use her voice to advocate for those who were silenced.
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Sojourner Truth met President Abraham Lincoln, this represented a statement for the battle for women's rights and African American freedom. She would not support the black vote until women had equal rights. She was convinced that her involvement would help advance her fight for women's rights. Her goal was even more clear so she kept fighting until her death.
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