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Title: Sojourner Truth


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Sojourner Truth
  • A passionate female abolitionist during the Civil
    War.
  • Created by Ms. Milligan
  • March 29, 2007

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  • 1797-1883
  • Swartekill, NY
  • Isabella Baumfree
  • Former slave
  • Escaped New York plantation in 1820s

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Sojourner at Age Eleven
  • Sold and separated from her family.

4
1840s- Powerful Speaker Against Slavery
  • Firsthand accounts
  • Brings tears to audience
  • Exclamations of horror

5
The Life of a Slave
  • Cabins lacking privacy
  • Overworked
  • Fed little
  • Punished and beaten
  • Treated without dignity
  • Lived in fear

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  • Self-educated
  • Spiritual
  • Politically involved
  • Supported suffrage

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  • Gathers supplies for black volunteer regiments
    during war
  • Received at White House in 1864 by Abe Lincoln
  • National Freedmans Association in 1864
  • 1883 Dies in Battle Creek, Michigan.

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Resources
  • Images
  • http//www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/slaveauction.ht
    m
  • http//www.msu.edu/huettema/Truth.html
  • http//www.knowledgerush.com/kr/jsp/db/author.jsp?
    authorId226authorNameSojournerTruth
  • http//www.sojournertruth.org/Library/Speeches/Def
    ault.htm
  • Information
  • http//www.civilwarhome.com/truthbio.htm
  • http//who2.com/ask/sojournertruth.html

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Mini Quiz
  • What was one of Sojourner Truths major role
    during the Civil War?
  • Can you name two prominent aspects of slavery
    Sojourner Truth included in her speeches?
  • How did Sojourner Truths term of slavery end?
  • What century did Sojourner Truth live during?
  • Can you give two adjectives that describe
    Sojourner Truth and what she contributed to the
    country during the Civil War?
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