Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor.
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In this easy-to-read biography, Yona Zeldis McDonough continues to share that remarkable story.
She changed her name and traveled, inspiring everyone she met and sharing her story until her death in 1883 at age eighty-six.
Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done.
Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family.
She took him to court--and won Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle.
Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor
