sojourner_truth_power_point- Peter Mancu

Sojourner Truth : 

Sojourner Truth 1797 – November 26, 1883 “I sell the shadow to support the substance” by Peter Mancuso

Early Life : 

Early Life -Born : 1797 on the Colonel Johannes Hardenbergh estate in Ulster County , New York (Dutch settlement) -Birth name - Isabelle Baumfree -1 of 13 children -Parents- James and Elizabeth Baumfree -Spoke Dutch until she was 9 when She was sold from her family (1808) -Learned English quickly because her new master beat her for her miscommunications with them

Life Continued : 

Life Continued Sold in 1810 to John Dumont in New Paltz, New York -Abused physically and sexually by Dumont -Fell I love with a slave name Robert and had a child Diana -Dumont forbid Isabelle to see Robert and forced her to marry a slave named Thomas and had 3 children named Peter, James, Elizabeth, and Sophia -Promised freedom by Dumont in 1 year if she cooperated. Went back on promise because he felt she was less productive because of injury Left in 1827, even though she technically wasn’t free!

Spiritually Inspired : 

Spiritually Inspired Arrived at Van Wagen’s home , who bought her for 20$ from John Dumont. During her time with the Van Wagens she became “overwhelmed with the greatness of the divine prescence” Made her want to preach -Joined a Methodist Church and where she met Elijah Peirson 1834-left Peirsons house after she was accused of stealing money and poisoning Elijah b/c of this, went to New York City were she became a member of the Northampton Association of Education

Important Works : 

Important Works Joined the Northampton Association of Education and Industry in Massachusetts.-1844 Group encouraged coopertive and productive labor Worked with abolitiontionist William Lloyed Garrison , Frederick Douglass and David Ruggles

Important Works Continued : 

Important Works Continued National Freedmen’s Association Helped newly freed slaves find a life after the war by acommadating them with work, housing and moral boost Work with newly freed slaves in Virginia , New York and DC A Northern Slave Published by William Lloyd Garrison in 1850 Increased awareness of horrors and mistreatment by giving example of the abuse she experienced while being a slave Ohio Women’s Rights Convention -1854 Delivered famous speech “Aint I a women” "That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place, and ain't I a woman? ... I have plowed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me -- and ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man (when I could get it), and bear the lash as well -- and ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children and seen most all sold off to slavery and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me -- and ain't I woman?"

Later Life : 

Later Life Became hard for her to travel to because of ulcers forming on her legs. 1970- tried to get the federal government to give blacks land in the new western territories. Gave some speeches throughout Michigan Spoke against capital punishment and advocated temperence Died November 26, 1883- baried Oak Hill cemetery

Legacy and Honors : 

Legacy and Honors Model for future abolitionists and women’s rights advocates 1983-Inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York 2008- first US women with bust in the US capital

Works Cited : 

Works Cited Women in History. Sojourner Truth biography. Last Updated: 10/20/2010. Lakewood Public Library. Date accessed 1/3/2010 . <http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/trut-soj.htm>. "Sojourner Truth." The Home of The American Civil War". N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2010. <http://www.civilwarhome.com/truthbio.htm>.