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Sojourner Truth: Fighting for Freedom
by Jeri Cipriano
Sojourner Truth was born to slaves. She had no choice. But when she grew to be a young mother herself, she ran away with her child looking for freedom. She used her voice to speak for all slaves wanting to be free.
Ages: 7-12
Illustrated by: Scott R. Brooks
ISBN: 9781634409933
Price: $18.99
Published by: Red Chair Press
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The Dallas Examiner
Sojourner Truth – an anti-slavery proponent, women’s rights activist and temperance advocate – is a hero and one of the Black foremothers of Black America. This Women’s History Month, we recognize the amazing contributions from this revolutionary triple threat who fought for the rights of Black men and women.
She was born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree in 1797 in Ulster County, New York. She was the youngest of 12 children and grew up speaking English and Dutch.
Between 1806 and 1810, she was sold four times at human auctions for $100, $105, and $175. In 1826, she liberated herself when she walked away from her last slave master’s home with her infant daughter, Sophia. Five miles from her farm, she sought refuge with an abolitionist family who bought her freedom for $20.
After her freedom, Baumfree became very active with the Second Great Awakening, a Protestant evangelist group focused on following the Holy Spirit and simple living. During that time, she received what she perceived to be a vision from God accompanied by the presence of Jesus – who she understood to be her protector and therefore had no reason to fear Him.
With her newfound strength, her first fearless fight for justice was in 1828 after Baumfree discovered that her son, Peter, w
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Sojourner Truth
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