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NAME: Isabella Baumfree (Sojourner Truth)

BIRTHDATE: 1797

BIRTHPLACE: Ulster County, New York

Sojourner Truth was born in 1797 in Ulster County

She was one of 13 children born to slave parents.

She spoke only Dutch until she was sold from her family around the age of eleven,but would continue to speak with a Dutch accent.

She was sold several times and suffered many hardships under slavery

Forced to submit to the will of her third master, John Dumont, Isabella married an older slave named Thomas.

Isabella had five children

She stayed on the Dumont farm until a few months before the state of New York ended slavery in 1828.Dumont had promised

Isabella freedom a year before the state emancipation.

Dumont reneged on his promise, Isabella ran away with her infant son.

Isabella eventually settled in New York City, working as a domestic for several religious communes.

often giving personal testimony about her experiences as a slave.

In 1851, she spoke at a women's covention in Akron, Ohio. The legendary phrase, "Ain't I a Woman?" was associated with Truth after this speech.'