The Civil Rights Leader Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth was a very famous black woman. She was the first black woman to speak out . against slavery! Back then her name was not Sojourner Truth. Her name was Isabella Baumfree. She was born in Ulster County, New York in 1797. The first family she was sold to was a Dutch family called the Hardenberghs. When she was sold to the Hardenberghs, she did not speak English or Dutch. But time after time, while she was with the Hardenberghs, she started to speak their language called low Dutch.
The second family she was sold to was the Nealys. …