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• During the Civil War, Truth bought gifts for the soldiers with money raised from her lectures and helped fugitive slaves find work and housing. After the war, she continued her tirade for the Lord and against racial injustice, even when old age and ill health restricted her activities to the confines of a Battle Creek, Mich, sanatorium. She died there on November 26, 1883.(1) What did Truth do for a noble cause ?(2) What did she continue doing even in her old age and in spite of her ill health ?
• From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with him. If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the ) world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back,and get it right sideup again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them. Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain’t got nothing more to say.(1) How does Truth motivate the women ?(2) What does she want to tell the men ?
• Write whether the following sentences are True or False:(1) Sojourner Truth was an African freedom fighter and orator.(2) Sojourner used to speak Dutch language in her childhood.(3) John J. Dumont was a plantation owner.(4) Nealy owned a tavern in Kingston.(5) Mathias was a fisherman.(6) Sojourner ran away to New York with all her five children.(7) Sojourner raised money for fugitive slaves from her lectures.(8) Truth fought against social injustice.(9) Truth’s speech entitled ‘Ain’t I a Woman ?’ given in New York became very famous.(10) Sojourner had borne thirteen children.(11) Sojourner fought for women’s equality.
• Write about her welfare activity.
• What activities did Sojourner carry on ? during the Civil War?
• Who was Sojourner ?
• 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 ?
• Where was Sojourner born ?
• What did Sojourner do after an emancipation act?
• What did the emancipation act say ?