1. Sojourner Truth
... 1829 Isabella Van Wagener moved to New York City with her two youngest children, Peter and Sophia. She joined the Methodist Church which eventually inspired her own mystical faith. Throughout her life she would hear voices and see visions. In the 1830s Isabella moved to a commune in Ossining, New York ... of slavery.(from source # 3 of bibliography) The year soon came when Sojourner would start to get a lot of recognition with her speeches and selling her secret autobiography. In 1850 Truth published her autobiography, ghostwritten by Olive Gilbert. She supported herself by selling The Na...
- Word Count: 1430
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School