Sojourner Truth

In 1797 a young girl named Isabella was born into slavery in Ulster County, New York. Her parents were James and Betsey and they were owned by Colonel Johannes Hardenbergh. As a young girls Isabella did not speak English, she only spoke what is called low Dutch and she could not read or write. Isabella would marry a man named Thomas who was also enslaved at the time; together the couple produced five children. Between 1815 and 1826 Truth was sold to four different slave owners on four different occasions. In 1826, Sojourner had enough and decided to escape slavery and claim her freedom.

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