by: reid petty and isabelle cecere. born isabella baumfree in ulster county, new york (1797) harshly...
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Born Isabella Baumfree in Ulster County, New York (1797)
Harshly abused under several mastersIsabella married an older slave named Thomas
and bore 5 childrenEscaped slavery with her youngest daughter
Sophia (freed by New York emancipation order)
Wins law suit to recover son Peter who was illegally sold into slavery in Alabama
At age 46, adopts the name Sojourner Truth
Biography
Joins the utopian Northampton Association in Mass., where she meets anti-slavery reformers
Narrative of Sojourner Truth published in 1850Attends women's rights convention in Akron,
Ohio, where she delivers the famous "Ain't I a Woman" speech
Travels all of 1870 speaking against alcohol, slavery, and preaching women’s rights
First woman to vote in a Michigan state electionDies at Battle Creek, Michigan on November
26th, 1883
Biography (Continued)
First wave of Feminism18th through early 20th centuries
Created to work towards social, political, monetary, and artistic equality between men and women
Feminism works to bring down society’s patriarchy (men over women) and reach complete equality
Feminist Movement
Multiple variations of feminism:Liberal
political and legal reform without altering the structure of society
Radical total uprooting and reconstruction of society
Socialconnects oppression of women to exploitation,
oppression, and laborMarxist
overcoming class oppression overcomes gender oppression
Feminist Movement (Continued)
First wave of feminism concerned with right to vote
Representation of the People Act of 1918Granted women over the age of 30 who owned
houses the right to voteIn 1928 this was extended to all women over
21Nineteenth Amendment granted all women
the right to voteSojourner Truth greatly affected the change
in rights for women
Important Events in Feminist Movement
Movement to end slaveryFirst movement in America by German
QuakersThe Society of Relief of Free Negros Unlawfully
Held in BondageAbolitionists succeed in getting slavery completely
banded in all states North of Ohio RiverImportation of slaves into the United States was
officially banned on January 1, 1808
Abolitionist Movement In America
Vermont became the first jurisdiction in North America to prohibit slavery
Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled in 1783, that a black man was free under the state’s constitution
1835 alone abolitionists mailed over a million pieces of anti-slavery literature to the South
Many Abolitionists supported the underground railroad
Growing conflict leads to civil war
Abolitionist Movement In America (Continued)
Traveled and spoke out for the rights of slaves and women“Ain’t I a Woman” Speech (for women’s rights)Helped to reveal how cruel slavery could be
(Friends of Human Progress Association meeting)• Employed by the National Freedman's Relief
Association to improve conditions for African-Americans
Contributions of Sojourner Truth
Active helping blacks escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad in Michigan
Helped recruit black troops for the Union Army
Met Abraham Lincoln to challenge the discrimination that segregated street cars by race
After Civil War – Freedman’s Bureau (helps blacks adjust to and protect their new freedoms)
Contributions of Sojourner Truth
African American conditions were improvedAwareness of the cruelty of slavery was
raisedBlacks that were not emancipated were able
to escape to freedomBlacks given right and convinced to join
Union armyBlacks rights were maintained after
emancipationWomen rose to equality with men
Effects of Contributions
Truth, Sojourner. "Ain't I a Woman." Women's Rights Convention. Akron, Ohio, 1851. Speech.
Gilbert, Olive. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth. Boston: 1850. Print. "Sojourners Years in Battle Creek." Sojourner Truth.org Home Page. Web.
29 Mar. 2011. <http://www.sojournertruth.org/History/Biography/BC.htm>. "Black History Month: The Crusade of Sojourner Truth [Mackinac Center]."
Mackinac Center: Advancing Liberty and Prosperity. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. <http://www.mackinac.org/1649>.
"Sojourner Truth Speeches Menu." Sojourner Truth.org Home Page. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. <http://www.sojournertruth.org/Library/Speeches/Default.htm>.
"Sojourner Truth Biography." Lakewood Public Library (Lakewood, Ohio). Web. 29 Mar. 2011. <http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/trut-soj.htm>.
"This Far by Faith . Sojourner Truth | PBS." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. <http://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/people/sojourner_truth.html>.
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