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Abstracted County Records by Janet Pease-Grant County Historical Society
African American Odyssey-Library of Congress


"Sojourner of Truth"

Abolitionist and women's rights advocate Sojourner Truth was enslaved in New York until she was an adult. Born Isabella Baumfree around the turn of the nineteenth century, her first language was Dutch. Owned by a series of masters, she was freed in 1827 by the New York Gradual Abolition Act and worked as a domestic. In 1843 she believed that she was called by God to travel around the nation--sojourn--and preach the truth of his word. Thus, she believed God gave her the name, Sojourner Truth.One of the ways that she supported her work was selling these calling cards. African American Odyssey- Library of Congress

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