At a time when the cooperation between white abolitionists and African Americans was limited, as was the alliance between the woman suffrage movement and the ab

Born a slave in New York state around 1797 and given the name Isabella Baumfree, Sojourner Truth soon believed that God wanted her to be a travelling preacher w

This fascinating biography tells the story of nineteenth-century America through the life of one of its most charismatic and influential characters: Sojourner T

Isabella changed her name to Sojourner Truth because she “was to travel up an’ down this land...to declare truth to the people.” Her strong voice and fait

Here is the remarkable true story of how former slave Isabella Baumfree transformed herself into the preacher and orator Sojourner Truth, as told by acclaimed a