Sojourner Truth
African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist (1797-1883) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 86
Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826.
Sojourner Truth is read about 763 times a day, in 68 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
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Sojourner Truth examining the Bible with Abraham Lincoln, Civil War-era print
House of Col. Johannes Hardenbergh![Truth sold cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards, such as this one, to raise money for her work. The text above her name reads "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance".[53][45]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Cabinet_Card_of_Sojourner_Truth_-_Collection_of_the_National_Museum_of_African_American_History_and_Culture.jpg/1280px-Cabinet_Card_of_Sojourner_Truth_-_Collection_of_the_National_Museum_of_African_American_History_and_Culture.jpg)
Truth sold cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards, such as this one, to raise money for her work. The text above her name reads "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance".[53][45]
Truth's grave at Oak Hill Cemetery
Sojourner Truth, c. 1864Awards
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After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first Black woman to win such a case against a white man.
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United States
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Deceased
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Lived 1797 to 1883 · aged 86
