Fun Facts

• Isabella Baumfree had a total of 5 children with her husband, Thomas, also a slave of John Dumont of New Paltz Landing.


• In 1864 Sojourner visited President Lincoln in the White House; her goal was to work for better black living conditions there.


• In 1828 Sojourner became the first black woman to take a white man to court and win.


• Sojourner sold her autobiography for 25 cents a copy.


• God gave her the name Sojourner.


• Sojourner’s funeral was the largest funeral ever held at Battle Creek.


• Sojourner was accused of being an accomplice in murder, but she became the first black woman to win a slander suit against a white man and was given $125.

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Siddali, Silvana. "Truth, Sojourner (1797-1883)." Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale, 1997. Web. 25 Feb. 2010.