Sojourner Truth lived most of her young life in slavery, even when just a baby. She became the first black woman to sue a white man and win. Here are details on this woman who lived in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Sojourner Truth, African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervor to the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. Obeying a supernatural call to ‘travel up and down the land,’ she sang, preached, and debated throughout the eastern and midwestern U.S.
Sojourner Truth, legal name Isabella Van Wagener, (born c. 1797, Ulster county, New York, U.S. died November 26, 1883, Battle Creek, Michigan), African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervour to the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. Isabella was the daughter of slaves and spent her childhood as an abused chattel of several masters. Her first language was Dutch. Between 1810 and 1827 she bore at least five children to a fellow slave named Thomas. Just before New York state abolished slavery in 1827, she found refuge with Isaac Van Wagener, who set her free. With the help of
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