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Truth

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So⋅journ⋅er [soh-jur-ner, soh-jur-ner] , (Isabella Van Wagener), 1797?–1883, U.S. abolitionist, orator, and women's-rights advocate, born a slave.
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Truth, Sojourner 1797?-1883.  


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American abolitionist and feminist. Born into slavery, she escaped in 1827 and became a leading preacher against slavery and for the rights of women.
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