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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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