Sojourner Truth was a lady that was known for a speech and the life she had lived. Sojourner Truth was known for the speech that she made "Ain't I a woman?" and being a lady who was enslaved. It is important because she had gone through many things while being a slave and escaped as she had been promised to earn her freedom. Sojourner Truth was born in 1797. Sojourner Truth was born in New York. She did not know as she was born into slavery due to her parents being enslaved to. After she "escaped" slavery her career was being an equal rights activist but many women were supporting what she has down and how much she has fought for. It's known that there are different versions of the speech.
Not much was mentioned of her parents but they were
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She then says that a spirit had called on her to preach the truth. She then met two abolitionists who are known as William Lloyd and Frederick Douglass. William had an anti-slavery organization and gave Sojourner motivation to make speeches about the truth and evilness of slavery which just improved from there. As she escaped slavery she was supporting/ involved in an anti-slavery movement and a women's rights movement. She did it after she escaped slavery which was in 1843. She spoke up about slavery and women's rights because she knew it was something important and she specifically wanted to speak up for African American women. One way she did this was as she was preaching in smaller ways she met two abolitionists that encouraged her to do it. This then became an autobiography and she gained recognition from this. “You have been having our rights so long, that you think, like a slave-holder, that you own us. I know that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so long to give up; it cuts like a knife. It will feel all the better when it closes up again.”. Based on what I know so far about Sojourner Truth it is not surprising what she did and what she is known for because she had a very rough childhood and all she wanted was to speak up about women's rights as well as talk about what had affected her throughout her child hood which was