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Sojourner Truth

The Itinerant Prophetess

Black Church Itinerant preaching, prophetic witness, the intersection of abolition and women's rights
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ATK 70
DEF 80
SPR 95
SPD 75
INT 88
Rank Abolitionist / Preacher / Women's rights advocate / Formerly enslaved
Domain Itinerant preaching, prophetic witness, the intersection of abolition and women's rights
Alignment Holy / Itinerant
Weakness Illiterate (a fact she refused to apologize for); spoke a Dutch-inflected English that some hearers used to dismiss her
Key Act Born Isabella Baumfree in Dutch-speaking New York, ~1797. Escaped slavery in 1826 with her infant daughter. Took the name Sojourner Truth in 1843 after a vision. Sued a white man for the return of her son and won (one of the first such cases). Delivered "Ain't I a Woman?" at the Akron Women's Convention in 1851. Recruited Black troops for the Union Army. Met with Lincoln
Source *The Narrative of Sojourner Truth* (1850, dictated to Olive Gilbert)

“And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman?” — attributed, Akron 1851


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