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Sojourner’s StruggleWho was Sojourner Truth?Where was she born ?How did she become a slave ?How was she treated as a slave ?Why did she run away to New York ?What were her welfare activities ? |
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Answer» Sojourner Struggle : Sojourner Truth was a black American freedom fighter. She was born Isabella Baumfree in Ulster Country, New York. She was a daughter of an African named Baumfree and a woman called Elizabeth. About at the age of 9, she was auctioned off to an Englishman – John Nealy. The Nealys hardly her Dutch jargon, therefore she was brutally punished for no reason. Eventually Nealy sold her to a fisherman who owned a tavern in Kingston, NY. Then John J. Dumont purchased her next. There she married and had five children. From there she ran away with only her youngest child and tried to settle in New York city. There through her friends, she came under the sway of a religious fanatic Mathias. During Civil War, she bought gifts for the soldiers and helped fugitive slaves find work and housing. After the war, she fought against racial injustice and ended her life in Battle Creek, Mich sanatorium on November 26, 1883. |
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