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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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Truth, Sojourner

An abolitionist and escaped slave of the nineteenth century. She was famous as a speaker against slavery. (See abolitionism.)

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