NAME OF WOMEN SUFFRAGE LEADER | DESCRIPTION |
Sojourner Truth ( c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, 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. |
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NAME OF SITE | DESCRIPTION | CITY | STATE |
BIRTHPLACE | FARM | SWARTEKILL | NEW YORK |
HOME | ESOPUS | NEW YORK | |
DEATH PLACE | Home | BATTLE CREEK | MICHIGAN |
BURIAL PLACE | OAK HILL CEMETERY | BATTLE CREEK | MICHIGAN |
STATUE | MEMORIAL | ESOPUS | NEW YORK |
STATUE | MEMORIAL | BATTLE CREEK | MICHIGAN |
MEMORIAL – ESOPUS – NY – WHERE SHE GREW UP
TAVERN WHERE SHE WAS A SLAVE, ESOPUS NY TAVERN WHERE SHE WAS A SLAVE, ESOPUS NY
HOME IN BATTLE CREEK
STATUE – SENECA FALLS WOMEN’S RIGHTS MUSEUM – SHE MADE A FAMOUS ANTISLAVERY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS SPEECH IN AKRON OH
MEMORIAL IN BATTLE CREEK MI
BURIAL SITE, BATTLE CREEK, MI BURIAL SITE, BATTLE CREEK, MI