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Sojourner Truth

Plate VI

Abolitionist & Women’s Rights Activist

Sojourner Truth

c. 1797 – 1883

Formerly enslaved abolitionist and orator whose speeches fused the fights for Black freedom and women’s rights.

  • •Delivered ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’, 1851
  • •Escaped slavery in 1826
  • •Recruited Black troops for the Union Army

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