Sojourner Truth -- American suffrage leader. Grades: 8 9 10 11 Subjects: Social Studies and History African-American History Suffrage and Women's Rights Themes: Biographies Holidays: Black History Month Women's History Month Resources ADD TO FAVORITES Hide lower priority columns Add to Folder creative writing children's book activities classroom tools language arts and writing vocabulary Create new folderCREATE NEW FOLDER Print Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Sojourner Truth 1797-1883 American abolitionist, a freed slaveBorn in Ulster County, NYOriginally called Isabella, but adopted the name Sojourner TruthConvinced that she heard heavenly voicesTraveled throughout the North preaching emancipation and women's rights A remarkable personality and great lecturer even though she remained illiteratePrevious Portrait Gallery Index Next -->