Sojourner Truth was born 1797 .Before Sojourner Truth changed her name in the future, she was named Isabella Van Wagener. The reason for this was because since she was a spreader in words of truth, she decided to rename herself representing herself.At a young age, she had a master named Colonel Johannes Hardenbergh , along with her 11 siblings. But she was the one left behind while the others where sold for slavery or died from sickness. But then. after her master died, she got her master switched to someone else named Charles, who was the son of the last master.After 8 yrs went by when she was 11, her master became very sick and died. So his slaves were taken in by other families. But no one wanted Sojourner, so they sold her for a flock of sheep and the Neely family took her in. But they did not treat her right. She was beaten and tortured, after such times of having difficulty learning how to speak english as she was being taught.
Later, her father helped her into getting a more nicer master, being sold for $105. The family that bought her was named Schryvers.But then was moved away once again when a man named James Dumont had bought her for $300. The man turned out to be very nice, but not the rest of his family. The wife use to enjoy making fun of her, while the maids use to love seeing her get in trouble when they will throw in ashes in the clean water used for the potatoes, then was later hit for a stunt she never pulled. Later in 1817, a law came about where before being born 1799, you was set free from slavery. She decided to name herself Sojourner Truth around 1843, after slavery, she became a spokesperson against slavery throughout all her life and became successful, trying to make a change about slavery towards the future.Later through her life, she died in the year of 1893.
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http://www.mccsc.edu/~jcmslib/mlk/truth/slavery.htm
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