Jee+Min+H.+-+I+am+Sojourner+Truth

For my I Am project, I chose Sojourner Truth, but her real name is actually Isabelle Baumfree. I was interested in her not only because of her name, but also because she was an African American. It got me curious how a girl slave got so famous and known in history. Before I started researching for my person, I didn't know anything about her except she was an African American slave. I didn't even realize how well known she was, but I guess she was huge for the black people. In history, she was considered a hero, and she influenced a lot of people and the way they think about slaves and women. She gave many famous speeches, and effected a whole lot of people, and as I researched her, I realized she was effecting me too when I was reading one of her famous speech, "Ain't I a woman?" I want to learn even more about her as I get to know her more. I think she's really interesting and heroic. I wanted to learn in dept how she got famous, and her significance, her beliefs, her childhood and everything else. Now I know she was fighting for women's right and was anti-slavery. I just love her guts, and how she ran away from his master and fortunately after finding good friends, she joined an association that fights for women's right. Even after the association was lost and the members of it was all scattered, she continued to fight for women's right, PLUS going against slavery independently, all by herself! The people must have laughed at her for the first few times she gave speeches that a female African American is trying to teach them, however, she was strong enough to go through all that and she eventually became a very influencing person in not only the black history, but to the world. I really admire her and I also have a lot of questions toward her and her environment.

My Historical Question is: against her?**
 * How did she manage to continue on her protest against slavery and the equal rights of people inspite of all the other people who went

(How did she manage to make a such an influence? What is so special about her? What made HER so determined, even though there was a lot of other black slaves nobody dared to do what Sojourner did.)

My Historical Question is: Explanation: (Why did people start to support only after Truth supported, and why didn't everyone else start before?
 * Why did people at her time began to give rights to black men and white women, but why not black women like Sojourner Truth?**

If black men were treated the same as white people and the women had the same right as men, then what difference does it make if a person is a black women? Why did they think they were different from white women and black men? Aren't they the same people after all? What would've happened if Sojourner Truth didn't start it? Would've somebody else started it or or would it stay like that forever?)

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Quotes: 1) It is the mind that makes the body. 2) If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them. 3) Truth burns up error. 4) Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him. 5) Religion without humanity is poor human stuff. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/sojourner_truth.htm 6) Ain't I a woman http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/aint_i_a_woman.htm Pictures:
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