~ Sojourner Truth Quotes ~

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Sojourner Truth Quotes


The self-given name, from 1843 onward, of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. 
Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was the self-given name, from 1843 onward, of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. 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, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. Her best-known extemporaneous speech on racial inequalities, Ain't I a Woman?, was delivered in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. During the Civil War, Truth helped recruit black troops for the Union Army; after the war, Truth tried unsuccessfully to secure land grants from the federal government for former slaves.

Here are some famous quotes by Sojourner Truth.

Religion without humanity is a poor human stuff.

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Ef women want any rights more'n dey got why don't dey jes' take 'em and not be talkin' about it.

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If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down these women together ought to be able to turn it right side up again.