BY WALTER OPINDE Born into slavery by 1797 and raised as a slave in Ulster County, New York City, Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree, grew to be an outspoken woman advocate for abolition, civil rights, temperance, equality, and women’s rights. Her active role in the Civil War earned her respect and prompted her invitation to […]
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