A pivotal leader in the early fight for civil rights, Sojourner continued speaking out against slavery and injustice until she was well into her 80s. Dismayed by their great poverty, she worked tirelessly to find them jobs, build schools for their children, and try to secure restitution for them from Congress. court - and the first of many successful campaigns Truth undertook to raise funds for righteous causes.Īfter recruiting and tending wounded soldiers during the Civil War, Sojourner was asked to join the National Freedman’s Relief Association to advise newly freed slaves in Virginia. This case was one of the first in which a Black woman successfully challenged a white man in a U.S. Thanks to their generosity, she paid the lawyer double and was reunited with her son the following evening. Isabella walked 10 miles to Poppletown (near here) to seek help from some Quakers.
Isabella secured a lawyer who promised to gain Peter’s freedom within 24 hours for $5. Facing stiff punishment, the local middleman in the sale had Peter returned several months later - but the boy remained enslaved. Isabella voiced her complaint at the Ulster County Courthouse in Kingston. This was a common tactic of New York slave owners - selling enslaved children out of state before emancipation freed them. While at the Van Wagenens, Isabella learned that Peter, her five-year-old son, had been sold illegally by Dumont to an Alabama slaveholder. She thought it never was so light before…” Excerpt from The Narrative of Sojourner Truth Isabella the Mother “As she gained the summit of a high hill … the sun offended her by coming forth in all his pristine splendor. Ground Control: Soil Health and Climate Resiliency.
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