Court Documents Uncover How Sojourner Truth Became the First Black Woman in History to Win Her Son s Freedom thewestsidegazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thewestsidegazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Victor Omondi The 200-year-old proceedings of abolitionist Sojourner Truth’s quest for the release of her youngest enslaved son, Peter, were discovered buried beneath 5,000 cubic feet of court records at the New York State Archives. Following the abolitionist’s fight against her previous owner and the Albany Supreme Court, archivist, author, and historian James D. […]
Documents dating back over 200 years have been recovered, revealing details about a historical court case of abolitionist Sojourner Truth fighting for the