Sojourner Truth

CTL-E-1568 · Person · activist · 1840s-1880s

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Abolitionist and women’s-rights orator born Isabella Baumfree; delivered “Ain’t I a Woman?” (1851); dictated the Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850); met President Lincoln in 1864.

The record

Also known as: Isabella Baumfree

Relationships

Abraham Lincoln — related to
Truth met President Lincoln at the White House on October 29, 1864.
Battle Creek, Michigan — based in
Truth settled in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1857 and lived there until her death.
Frederick Douglass — related to
Truth publicly challenged Douglass — “Frederick, is God dead?” — when he spoke of armed resistance at an antislavery meeting.

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Frederick Douglass — related to → this record
Narrative of Sojourner Truth — authored by → this record

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