"SOJOURNER TRUTH IS ONE BLACK WOMEN THAT FOUGHT FOR AFRICAN FREEDOM". Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in Ulster County, New York. At 29, she escaped with her infant daughter and from then on, she dedicated her life to advocating for the rights of both African Americans and women. In 1843, she joined the Northampton Association of Education and Industry, a utopian community in Massachusetts. Truth traveled throughout the country and gave speeches on the topics of abolitionism and women’s rights. Her powerful speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?” was delivered in 1851 at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio, and it resonated throughout the country. In 1864, she met with President Abraham Lincoln at the White House to discuss the future of African Americans after the Civil War. She died in 1883 in Battle Creek, Michigan.