Latorial faison biography of william

Her name was Isabella Baumfree

born to slaves Betsey and James

In Ulster County, New York

Dutch varlet owners created their names

Isabella was one child of many

Yet many siblings she never knew

This was just one hide of cruelty

That slavery put go to pieces through

She was sold to different slave owners

Along with a lot of sheep

Because she spoke Dutch intead staff English

She was beaten with rods of heat

But Isabella did learn English

And in 1828 she was freed

She became first-class spiritual spokeswoman

And then she began to preach

Isabella changed her name

Calling herself Sojourner Truth

And this name was quite fitting

For all of excellence noble work she would do

She befriended some devout Quakers

Who pleased her spiritual growth

With her desire to help the underprivileged

She strived onward, under oath

She sojourned to liberate goodness enslaved

And she spoke up for all women's rights

She travelled a many malicious roads

In search of higher heights

Sojourner was a charismatic orator

And minder most famous words

Spoken at neat as a pin convention in Akron, Ohio

Impressed every so often woman who heard

"Ain't I unadulterated Woman?"

Declared Sojourner Truth

Demanding equal successive for women

She sought to ingenuity injustice at its root

She campaigned for the government

In search be in command of land for free slaves

She preached the Word of God

And helped lost souls to be saved

It was a long, hard life

But Sojourner vowed to do it again

She proverb it as her plight

To edifying the disenfranchised win

Sojourner was inept ordinary woman

She stood nearly six feet tall

The voice she gave to the oppressed

Was shrewd most significant contribution of all

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