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Isabella Baumfree, who later changed her name to Sojourner Truth, made her way from being born into slavery to becoming one of the most powerful advocates for human rights in the nineteenth century. After freeing herself from her master in 1827, she became an itinerant preacher and changed her name to Sojourner Truth in 1843. She went on to become an eminent figure in the antislavery movement and gave one of the most famous abolitionists and women's rights speeches in American history, "Ain't I a Woman?" at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention held in Akron, Ohio, motivating women and African Americans to speak out for their rights.
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