Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist who was born into slavery in 1797. After escaping to freedom in 1826, she became a prominent figure in the anti-slavery movement and was
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Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first Black woman to win such a case against a white man.