What re the details behind the name sojourner truth?
Dates: 1797? – November 26, 1883 Occupation: abolitionist, activist Sojourner Truth’s Life as a Slave Isabella Baumfree, as she was called before she took the name Sojourner Truth, is believed to have been born in 1797. She was born a slave in Ulster County, New York to parents, Betsey and James. Her mother had ten or twelve children, but most were sold away. The Dutch-speaking Johannes Hardenbergh, who operated a gristmill and owned a substantialamount of property, was the owner of Isabella and her parents. Because the Hardenbergh’s were a Dutch-speaking family, Isabella spoke only Dutch as a small child. In 1799, Johannes Hardenbergh died and Isabella became the slave of his son, Charles Hardenbergh. Her new master died when she was around nine years old. At that time, the Hardenbergh’s freed both her mother and father due to their old age. Isabella and her younger brother, however, were put up for auction. She was sold for $100 to John Neely, a man who owned a store near the village
