"A former slave(enslaved person), Sojourner Truth became an outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women’s rights in the nineteenth century. Her Civil War work earned her an invitation to meet President Abraham Lincoln in 1864.

Truth was born Isabella Bomfree, a(n) slave (enslaved person) in Dutch-speaking Ulster County, New York in 1797. She was bought and sold four times, and subjected to harsh physical labor and violent punishments. In her teens, she was united with another slave(enslaved person) with whom she had five children, beginning in 1815. In 1827—a year before New York’s law freeing slaves(enslaved people) was to take effect—Truth ran away with her infant Sophia to a nearby abolitionist family, the Van Wageners. The family bought her freedom for twenty dollars and helped Truth successfully sue for the return of her five-year-old-son Peter, who was illegally sold into slavery in Alabama.

Truth moved to New York City in 1828, where she worked for a local minister. By the early 1830s, she participated in the religious revivals that were sweeping the state and became a charismatic speaker. In 1843, she declared that the Spirit called on her to preach the truth, renaming herself Sojourner Truth."

-https://www.womenshistory.org/

She was brave when it was not in fashion to do so. She risked so much to fight for women's rights and freedom for enslaved people.

Something to keep in mind is that the piece of wood I burned her image into is wood used for beams so it is strong just like her. You will need a mighty nail to hang this piece of art.

“If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.” - Sojourner Truth

Featured Audio: Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a woman" speech read by Denise Jannah. The original 1851 speech.

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