She left Pierson three years later to work for another preacher, Robert Matthews. In 1829, she moved to New York City with Peter to work as a housekeeper for evangelist preacher Elijah Pierson. The Van Wagenens had a profound impact on Isabella’s spirituality and she became a fervent Christian. She was the first Black woman to sue a white man in a United States court and prevail. Months later, Isabella won her case and regained custody of her son. With the help of the Van Wagenens, she filed a lawsuit to get him back. Sojourner Truth, First Black Woman to Sue White Man–And WinĪfter the New York Anti-Slavery Law was passed, Dumont illegally sold Isabella’s five-year-old son Peter. Around age nine, she was sold at an auction to John Neely for $100, along with a flock of sheep. Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in 1797 to enslaved parents James and Elizabeth Baumfree, in Ulster County, New York. LISTEN: Sojourner's Truth on HISTORY This Week Podcast Who Was Sojourner Truth? Truth continued her crusade throughout her adult life, earning an audience with President Abraham Lincoln and becoming one of the world’s best-known human rights crusaders. She became known for a speech with the famous refrain, "Ain't I a Woman?" that she was said to have delivered at a women's convention in Ohio in 1851, although accounts of that speech (and whether Truth ever used that refrain) have since been challenged by historians. After gaining her freedom, Truth preached about abolitionism and equal rights for all. Sojourner Truth was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist and author who was born into slavery before escaping to freedom in 1826. 'Ain’t I A Woman?' Speech and Controversy.Sojourner Truth, First Black Woman to Sue White Man–And Win.
0 kommentar(er)
