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- United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
How To Use Sojourner Truth In A Sentence
- I would have to go back to my notes to be totally accurate here, but of her 'successes' in all her years in the Senate, which I defined as sponsoring and shepherding legislation through to law, almost all [78%] of her success was in re-naming buildings or roads in NY or resolutions to honor specific individuals [resolve to have the Library of Conress accept a statue of Sojourner Truth, for example]. Happy Hour Roundup
- He pronounced it ah-yite, as they do in the playgrounds, and probably even at the Sojourner Truth School. Pop Goes The Weasel
- Blacks in Washington, led by Sojourner Truth, boycotted segregated public transport.
- In 1851, ex-slave Sojourner Truth addressed a convention of white suffragettes and white ministers debating which issue was more important, abolition or women's suffrage.
- An evangelist, abolitionist, and feminist, Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883) is remembered for her unschooled but remarkable voice raised in support of abolitionism, the freedmen, and women's rights.
- Nearby is a photograph of Sojourner Truth, a female contemporary of Douglass who campaigned fearlessly against slavery and for women's rights.
