LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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When she was 13
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When she was a free woman
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When she was separated from her family
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She did not change her name
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1843, with what she believed was her religious obligation to go forth and speak the truth, she changed her name to Sojourner Truth and embarked on a journey to preach the gospel and speak out against slavery and oppression.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1843, she declared that the Spirit called on her to preach the truth, renaming herself Sojourner Truth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sojourner Truth, legal name Isabella Van Wagener, (born c. 1797, Ulster county, New York, U.S.-died November 26, 1883, Battle Creek, Michigan), African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervour to the abolitionist and women’s rights movements.
Detailed explanation-4: -Soon after her escape, Truth sued for the freedom of her five-year-old son Peter, who had been sold illegally under the New York law and transported to Alabama. Truth won the case and secured the return of her son, making her among the first black women to successfully sue a white man in court.