June 1st is Sojourner Truth Day!!! (this is the day that she changed her name to Sojourner Truth)"Born in New York circa 1797, Sojourner Truth was the self-given name, from 1843 onward, of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. Her best-known speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?", was delivered extemporaneously in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention" and her work on the Underground Railroad to free slaves. Thank you Ms. Truth for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about Sojourner Truth. :-)
http://www.biography.com/people/sojourner-truth-9511284
"Truth is powerful and it prevails." - Sojourner Truth
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