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Who was Sojourner truth ahd what was her significance?

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A former slave, Sojourner Truth became an outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women's rights in the nineteenth century. Truth was born Isabella Bomfree, a slave in Dutch-speaking Ulster County, New York in 1797

Sojourner Truth, First Black Woman to Sue White Man – And Win. After the New York Anti-Slavery Law was passed, Dumont illegally sold Isabella's five-year-old son Peter. With the help of the Van Wagenens, she filed a lawsuit to get him back. Months later, Isabella won her case and regained custody of her son.

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First Black Woman to Sue White Man

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First Black Woman to Sue White Man – And Win. After the New York Anti-Slavery Law was passed, Dumont illegally sold Isabella's five-year-old son Peter. With the help of the Van Wagenens, she filed a lawsuit to get him back. Months later, Isabella won her case and regained custody of her son.

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