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    Sojourner Truth (/soʊˈdʒɜːrnər, ˈsoʊdʒɜːrnər/; born Isabella Baumfree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American...
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    abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth (born "Isabella Baumfree") was a native speaker of Dutch. Martin Van Buren, the first president...
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    biography of Truth, by historians as well. Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree, in 1797 in Ulster County, New York. Truth ran from her master in 1827...
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    district is Kingston High School. Sojourner Truth was given the name Isabella Baumfree when she was born to enslaved parents held against their will on the Hardenbergh...
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  • November 26, 1883) was the self-given name, from 1843 onward, of Isabella Baumfree, an African American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was...
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    1836). After 1829, abolitionist Sojourner Truth (born Isabella ("Bell") Baumfree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) also lived in lower Manhattan. At first,...
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    freeway network in the state; a name which stuck to I-194. Born Isabella Baumfree in 1797, Sojourner Truth settled in the Battle Creek area in the 1840s...
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  • greatly weakening the fugitive slave law of 1793. 1843 June 1 – Isabella Baumfree, a former slave, changes her name to Sojourner Truth and begins to preach...
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    known for the novel Gone with the Wind Sojourner Truth 1986 Born Isabella Baumfree, she was the first black woman to speak publicly against slavery. Julia...
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    the house, which he had named "Zion Hill". During this time, Isabella Baumfree (Sojourner Truth) was a housekeeper to him. After he spent the money his...
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    Calhoun County, a change confirmed by Public Act 138 of 2004. Born Isabella Baumfree in 1797, Sojourner Truth settled in the Battle Creek area in the 1840s...
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    Varick, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree), raised in neighboring Esopus. Many former pastors were influential in...
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