Sojourner Truth

  • Truth gets sold

    Truth gets sold
    At 9, Truth was sold at a auction along with a flock of sheep. Her owner, John Neely, was very cruel.
  • Truth is sold again

    Truth is sold again
    Sojourner Truth is sold again and became property of John Dument who was kind.
  • Makes a Escape

    Makes a Escape
    She escapes from her owner with her daughter, Sophia.
  • Gets Her Son Back

    Gets Her Son Back
    She wins lawsuit to recover her son, peter, who was illegally sold into slavery.
  • Becomes Sojourner Truth

    Becomes Sojourner Truth
    At age 46, Isabella Baumfree, adopts name Sojourner Truth.
  • Begins her new life

    Begins her new life
    Sojourner Truth joins the Northhampton Association of Education and Industry. She supported women's right and pacifism.
  • Truth's memoirs published

    Truth's memoirs published
    Truth's memoirs are published under the title The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave. William Lloyd wrote the books preface since Truth couldn't read or write at the time.
  • Sojourner Truth's Speech

    Sojourner Truth's Speech
    Attends the Women's Right Convention in Akron, Ohio. She delivers the famous "Ain't I a Woman" speech.
  • Meets other famous leaders

    Meets other famous leaders
    She starts to work with other abolitionist, like Frederick Douglas, William Lloyd and more.
  • Travels to Washington D.C

    Travels to Washington D.C
    Joins Freedman's Bureau and is asked to travel to Washington D.C to help with the bureau. She meets President Lincoln.
  • A helping hand

    A helping hand
    Travels to Rochester, New York and helps freed slaves. She visits Women's Suffrage Activist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
  • Becomes a Delegate

    Becomes a Delegate
    At age 81, she becomes a delegate of the Women's Right Convention in Rochester, New York.
  • Legacy

    Legacy
    On November 26, 1883 Sojourner Truth dies.