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Sojourner Truth — was born into slavery but escaped to freedom and became one of the most noted African-American women speakers on issues of civil rights and abolition. She was deeply religious and felt a calling from God to travel America speaking on slavery and other contemporary issues.

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At 6ft tall, she was a striking presence and used her powerful oratory to awaken the conscience of America to the injustice of slavery and discrimination. Sojourner Truth was born to slave parents — James and Elizabeth Baumfree. Her family, including siblings, were kept on an estate in the town of Espouses — 95 miles north of New York. Around , Truth began a relationship with a slave from a nearby farm, called Robert.

Unfortunately, Cation caught the pair and severely beat his slave, Robert. The beating was so savage that Robert later died from his injuries. The painful incident left a lasting legacy, haunting Truth throughout her life.

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Later she was told to marry a slave named Thomas, who was 20 years older than her. She had four children with Thomas and one child with either Robert or John Dumont. New York was one of the earliest states to begin ending slavery. However, Truth became restless for freedom and after Dupont reneged on an offer to grant her freedom, in , one year before the change in the law, she took her infant daughter Sophia and left Dumont.

She found work as a domestic servant with the Van Wagenen family. Despite the end of slavery in New York, Truth learnt that her five-year-old son, Peter, had been sold to Alabama where slavery was deeply embedded. With the help of her new employers, she took Dupont to court to claim he had sold Peter illegally.