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  Sojourner Truth (Educational Materials: African American Odyssey)
Sojourner Truth, born a slave and thus unschooled, was an impressive speaker, preacher, activist and abolitionist;
Sojourner Truth has the distinction of being the first African American woman to win a lawsuit in the United States; the first was when she fought for her son's freedom after he had been illegally sold.
Later, when she was accused by a newspaper of being a "witch" who poisoned a leader in a religious group that she had been a part of, she sued the newspaper for slander and won a $125 judgement.
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 Sojourner Truth
Truth was a very tall (perhaps six feet) woman with a masculine voice.
It is rarely discussed, but Sojourner Truth fought for the desegregation of public transportation in Washington, DC during the Civil War.
Sojourner Truth is best remembered for a speech she gave at a women's rights conference where she noticed that no one was addressing the rights of fl women.
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  Photo from Library of Congress
Sojourner Truth fought for the desegregation of public transportation in Washington, DC during the Civil War.
Among these people Sojourner Truth discussed issues of the day and as a result of these discussions became one of the first people in the country to link the oppression of fl slaves with the oppression of women.
Sojourner Truth is best remembered for a speech she gave at a women's rights conference where she noticed that no one was addressing the rights of Black women.
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 Sojourner Truth   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sojourner Truth (c 1797andndash;1883) was the self-given name, from 1843, of an American abolitionist born into slavery from Hurley, New York.
Truth's most famous speech, "Ain't I a Woman," is a short but well pointed commentary.
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