By Reese S.
Description: Sojourner Truth
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(1797-1883)
Esopus, New York
Truth, Sojourner (Isabelle Burnfree) gave speeches about slavery. 1. Sojourner Truth was born sometime in 1797 to enslaved parents Elizabeth and James Burnfree. 2. After many times of being sold , she became free when a no- slave act was passed in New York. 3. She changed her name to Sojourner Truth after she believed that God called her to speak against slavery. She also had visions of the future. 4. She traveled to Washington to improve living conditions of blacks there who escaped freedom. 5. Truth tried to get the federal government to set undeveloped land for black farms. The federal government denied her plea. 6. Sojourner Truth passed away natural causes on November 26, 1883.
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