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You are now listening to Black History is American History.

I'm William Matthews.

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I'm Nikki Black.

And I'm Andra Henry.

Today's moment in Black History, Sirjourner Truth, Isabella Bumfrey, born in 1797,

was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights advocate.

Isabella was born into slavery in Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant

daughter to freedom in 1826.

After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to

win such a case against a white man.

Following the Civil War, she helped recruit black troops for the Union Army.

After the war, she tried unsuccessfully to secure land grants from the federal government

for former slaves, you know, the 40-acre and amoeuble promise.

The year 1843 was a turning point for Bumfrey.

She became a Methodist and on June 1, she changed her name to Sirjourner Truth.

She told her friends, the spirit calls me and I must go and led to make her way traveling

and preaching about the abolition of slavery.

In 1844, she joined the North Hampton Association of Education and Industry in North Hampton,

Massachusetts.

Founded by the abolitionists, the organization supported women's rights and religious

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