Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Port Ewen unveils statue of Sojourner Truth

... presence than this woman." Truth was born to slave parents who were owned by a wealthy Dutch family from Ulster County, New York. Her birth name is recorded as being Isabella Baumfries. She was born of African parents circa 1797 in Swartekill North ...

http://www.hvpress.net/news/125/ARTICLE/12937/2013-10-02.html

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