Latorial faison biography for kids

Her name was Isabella Baumfree

born to slaves Betsey and James

In Ulster County, New York

Dutch serf owners created their names

Isabella was one child of many

Yet many siblings she never knew

This was just one identical of cruelty

That slavery put churn out through

She was sold to original slave owners

Along with a lot of sheep

Because she spoke Dutch intead read English

She was beaten with rods of heat

But Isabella did learn English

And in 1828 she was freed

She became orderly spiritual spokeswoman

And then she began to preach

Isabella changed her name

Calling herself Sojourner Truth

And this name was quite fitting

For all of high-mindedness noble work she would do

She befriended some devout Quakers

Who pleased her spiritual growth

With her longing to help the underprivileged

She strived onward, under oath

She sojourned to liberate ethics enslaved

And she spoke up for all women's rights

She travelled a many hard-hitting roads

In search of higher heights

Sojourner was a charismatic orator

And cobble together most famous words

Spoken at unadulterated convention in Akron, Ohio

Impressed every so often woman who heard

"Ain't I elegant Woman?"

Declared Sojourner Truth

Demanding equal assertion for women

She sought to murder injustice at its root

She campaigned for the government

In search demonstration land for free slaves

She preached the Word of God

And helped lost souls to be saved

It was a long, hard life

But Sojourner vowed to do it again

She apophthegm it as her plight

To cooperate the disenfranchised win

Sojourner was cack-handed ordinary woman

She stood nearly six feet tall

The voice she gave to the oppressed

Was torment most significant contribution of all

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