Sojourner Truth

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Sojourner Truth

• A passionate female abolitionist during the Civil
  War.
• Created by Ms. Milligan
• March 29, 2007

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• 1797-1883
• Swartekill, NY
• Isabella Baumfree
• Former slave
• Escaped New York plantation in 1820s

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Sojourner at Age Eleven

• Sold and separated from her family.

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1840s- Powerful Speaker Against Slavery

• Firsthand accounts
• Brings tears to audience
• Exclamations of horror

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The Life of a Slave

• Cabins lacking privacy
• Overworked
• Fed little
• Punished and beaten
• Treated without dignity
• Lived in fear

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• Self-educated
• Spiritual
• Politically involved
• Supported suffrage

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• Gathers supplies for black volunteer regiments
  during war
• Received at White House in 1864 by Abe Lincoln
• National Freedmans Association in 1864
• 1883 Dies in Battle Creek, Michigan.

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Resources

• Images
• http//www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/slaveauction.ht
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• http//www.msu.edu/huettema/Truth.html
• http//www.knowledgerush.com/kr/jsp/db/author.jsp?
  authorId226authorNameSojournerTruth
• http//www.sojournertruth.org/Library/Speeches/Def
  ault.htm

• Information
• http//www.civilwarhome.com/truthbio.htm
• http//who2.com/ask/sojournertruth.html

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Mini Quiz

• What was one of Sojourner Truths major role
  during the Civil War?
• Can you name two prominent aspects of slavery
  Sojourner Truth included in her speeches?
• How did Sojourner Truths term of slavery end?
• What century did Sojourner Truth live during?
• Can you give two adjectives that describe
  Sojourner Truth and what she contributed to the
  country during the Civil War?