USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -She had had two children prior to Thomas-her first child, James, died in childhood. Her second, Diana, was the result of a rape by John Dumont. She had her last three children, Peter, Elizabeth, and Sophia, with Thomas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1815 and 1826, Sojourner bore five children: Diana, Peter, Elizabeth, Sophia, and another baby who later died. Her children were central to her and Truth lived near her children and grandchildren much of her life.

Detailed explanation-3: -She had five children: a son who died in childhood, Diana, Peter, Elizabeth, and Sophia. Based on her own account, Diana may have been the child of Robert. In 1826, Truth escaped with infant Sophia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Truth was born Isabella Bomfree, a slave in Dutch-speaking Ulster County, New York in 1797. She was bought and sold four times, and subjected to harsh physical labor and violent punishments. In her teens, she was united with another slave with whom she had five children, beginning in 1815.

Detailed explanation-5: -Truth eventually married an older enslaved man named Thomas. She bore five children: James, her firstborn, who died in childhood, Diana (1815), the result of a rape by John Dumont, and Peter (1821), Elizabeth (1825), and Sophia (ca. 1826), all born after she and Thomas united.