Sojourner Truth Abolitionist With Backmark Civil War CDV

  
Sojourner Truth Abolitionist With Backmark Civil War CDV. CDV MEASURES "2 1/2 X 4" INS. November 26, 1883 was an African-American. Truth was born into slavery. 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. She gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in 1843 after she became convinced that God had called her to leave the city and go into the countryside "testifying the hope that was in her".

Her best-known speech was delivered extemporaneously, in 1851, at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. The speech became widely known during the Civil War by the title Ain't I a Woman? A variation of the original speech re-written by someone else using a stereotypical Southern dialect; whereas Sojourner Truth was from New York and grew up speaking Dutch. Truth helped recruit black troops for the Union Army.

After the war, she tried unsuccessfully to secure land grants. In 2014, Truth was included in Smithsonian. Magazine's list of the 100 Most Significant Americans of All Time.

The item "Sojourner Truth Abolitionist With Backmark Civil War CDV" is in sale since Tuesday, September 25, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Photographs".

The seller is "dated-liberty" and is located in Winter Haven, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States.