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Sep 2024
17m 16s

Sojourner Truth Read By D'Atra "Dee Dee"...

REBEL GIRLS
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Once there was a girl whose powerful voice would inspire people to fight for equality. Her name was Isabella Baumfree, but we know her now as Sojourner Truth. She was a Black woman born into slavery in Dutch-speaking rural New York in 1797. She escaped to freedom after nearly 30 years of being enslaved, was one of the first Black women to successfully sue a ... Show More
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