Isabella was born a slave in Ulster County, New York. There are many discrepancies in the year that she was born, but it was commonly believed to be somewhere around 1797. As a baby, she was given the name Isabelle Hardenbergh Although she is also known as Isabella Baumfree. Her parents were James and Betsey, the property of Colonel Johannes Hardenbergh. As a child she spoke only low Dutch and, like most slaves, never learned to read or write. Throughout the years she was sold several times and suffered many hardships as a slave. As a child though, her mother had instilled within her deep and

unwavering Christian faith that kept her going strong throughout her entire life.

Sojourner Truth stood up for women's rights. Not just women's’ rights though...African American women. She believed that it was not only what was right but also gods will, that all people should be treated equally. Throughout her life she gave many speeches and spoke at many conventions. In 1851, she spoke at a women's convention in Akron, Ohio. The phrase “Ain’t I a women?” became legendary and was associated with Truth after the speech.

When Sojourner became free she testified, listened, searched for answers, declaring what she saw as the truth, raising her voice in hymns, songs, and speeches. She wrote a book called The Narrative of Sojourner Truth. Truth once asked Frederick Douglass if God was dead. He replied, "No... so that's why slavery must end in blood”, but Sojourner disagreed (Site: Mabee, Carlton. Sojourner Truth: Slave, Prophet, Legend.). She wanted to prove that slavery hadn’t gotten the better of her and that if it had done anything...it had made her stronger.

In the times that she lived, slave marriages were planned by there masters/owners. So, like so many others, Isabella was forced by her third master, John Dumont, to marry a slave named Thomas. Thomas and Isabella had 5 children. She stayed on Dumont’s farm until a few months before the state of New York ended slavery in 1828. Dumont had promised Isabella freedom a year before the state emancipation, but when Dumont didn’t follow through Isabella took matters into her own hands by running away with

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