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Sojouner Truth is Born
Sojourner Truth was born January 1st, 1797 in Rifton, New York, and born with the name Isabella Boumfree. There is not an exact data to her birth record. -
Sold
Sojourner was sold when she was 9 years old, she is sold at an auction because her previous owner died. She was sold for $100. -
Marthinus Schryer
She was sold again, this time to a man named Marthinus Schryer for $105. Marthinus Schryer is born in New Paltz. He also married a woman named Lena Folk and had 7 children, then passed away on 1860. -
Love in the Air
Sojouner fell in love with a slave named Robert. She wanted to marry him but they were not allowed because Robert's owner did not want Sojourner to have children he could not own and work for him. -
Forced to Marry
Sojourner Truth's owner Thomas Dumont forced her to marry a man named Robert. He is a slave on another plantation, and they had five children together. -
Escape to Freadom
After Dumont, her owner does not keep his promise to Sojourner Truth, so then she escapes with her daughter. Later she sues Dumont for selling her son illegally. Then her son, Peter is returned to her, she was the first black woman in history to win a case against a white man. -
First Book
Sojourner Truth started telling her stories to her friend Oliver Gilbert. Olive wrote her story and helped her publish her book. The name of the book was called "The Narrator of Sojourner Truth". -
Ain't I a Woman
Sojourner Truth attends the first Woman's Right Convention. She gives her popular speech that has come to be known as "Ain't I a Woman". Sojourner stood in front of all the people, and shared her story. -
On the Move
Sojourner and Peter moved to New York City. They lived with a family with the last Gear. She earns a living being a maid. -
Death has Come
Sojourner Truth died in November and was buried in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her grave is in the Oak Hill Cemetery. She develops an infection from a front scares on her legs. The treatment sadly did not work and then Sojourner died at home.
