Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree to enslaved parents in New York state, probably in 1797. She would take the name of an abolitionist family that helped her after she escaped slavery, becoming Isabella Van Wagenen. In 1843, saying she was inspired by her faith to travel the country and spread God’s word, she took the name Sojourner Truth.
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