Sojourner Truth
American abolitionist and women's rights advocate. Born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree in Dutch-speaking New York. Took the name Sojourner Truth in 1843 and walked the country preaching against slavery and for women's equality. Author, with Olive Gilbert, of the Narrative of Sojourner Truth.
Sojourner Truth
Ask Sojourner Truth about abolition, women's rights, and itinerant preaching. Stand at the pulpit with the woman who walked America preaching freedom.
American abolitionist and women's rights advocate. Born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree in Dutch-speaking New York. Took the name Sojourner Truth in 1843 and walked the country preaching against slavery and for women's equality. Author, with Olive Gilbert, of the Narrative of Sojourner Truth.
- Born
- c. 1797
- Died
- 1883
- Birthplace
- Swartekill, New York
- Nationality
- United States
What Sojourner Truth can help you think about
Sojourner Truth is a fitting guide when your questions touch activists & reformers. Bring whatever you're untangling — a decision you're weighing, a doubt you're sitting with, a problem that won't loosen — and let the conversation move from there.
The answers draw on the shape of Sojourner Truth's thinking across work like Ain't I a Woman? speech 1851 and The Narrative of Sojourner Truth — translated into a voice you can actually talk back to.
Ask plainly. Push back. Follow a thread until it goes somewhere. This isn't a lookup — it's a conversation with a mentor who's already done the thinking you're about to do.
- Activists & Reformers