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On that site was to be built what later on became called the Sojourner Truth houses.
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N.Y. Convinced that she heard heavenly voices, she left (1843) domestic employment in New Y.rk City, adopted the name Sojourner Truth, and traveled throughout the North preaching emancipation and women's rights.
A Day In the Life Sarah 2010
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Originally called Isabella, she took the name Sojourner Truth after being freed by her master in 1827.
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The notice which appeared yesterday morning concerning the colored woman known as Sojourner Truth, gave promise to all who should attend her lecture at the Unitarian Church that they would see and hear a remarkable woman; and we venture to say that no one present was disappointed.
Sojourner Truth Staff 1869
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At the conclusion of the reading, an aged colored woman, well known as Sojourner Truth, took a seat on the platform.
The Anniversaries Staff 1867
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I can ask the children's librarian, and I probably will for a few titles for example, I'm not having much luck finding good biographies of American women such as Sojourner Truth, Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatley, etc. at a 1st-grade level, though I found some excellent ones at a 3rd-grade level.
A Spring 2007 Round-Up fusenumber8 2006
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In her journalism, as a contributing editor of the Party's Daily Worker and as a founder of the London-based West Indian Gazette, Jones called attention to African American women historical figures such as Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman who received little attention at the time in scholarly circles and the mainstream media.
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Before he could finish his sentence my inner John Wayne coupled with the ancestral rumblings of Sojourner Truth decided to possess my tongue.
Malcolm Harris: Fashion Police or Racial Profiling? Malcolm Harris 2012
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Before he could finish his sentence my inner John Wayne coupled with the ancestral rumblings of Sojourner Truth decided to possess my tongue.
Malcolm Harris: Fashion Police or Racial Profiling? Malcolm Harris 2012
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Before he could finish his sentence my inner John Wayne coupled with the ancestral rumblings of Sojourner Truth decided to possess my tongue.
Malcolm Harris: Fashion Police or Racial Profiling? Malcolm Harris 2012
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