Truth,Sojourner

Truth,Sojourner
Truth, Sojourner. 1797?-1883. photographed c. 1864 Library of Congress
American abolitionist and feminist. Born into slavery, she escaped in 1827 and became a leading preacher against slavery and for the rights of women.

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  • Truth — /troohth/, n. Sojourner /soh jerr neuhr, soh jerr neuhr/, (Isabella Van Wagener), 1797? 1883, U.S. abolitionist, orator, and women s rights advocate, born a slave. * * * I In philosophy, the property of statements, thoughts, or propositions that… …   Universalium

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  • Sojourner Truth — Sojourner Truth, ca. 1864 Sojourner Truth (* 1798 in Hurley, New York; † 26. November 1883 in Battle Creek, Michigan); war eine amerikanische Abolitionistin, Frauenrechtlerin und Wanderpredigerin …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Sojourner Truth Organization — was a new communist organization, which came into existence in the winter of 1969 70. Throughout its fifteen year existence (1969 1985), it existed mainly in the Midwest and oriented towards organization in the workplace. However, it… …   Wikipedia

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