sojourner
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- I hope I will be able to keep you
- She was born as Isabella Baumfree in Rifton, NY in 1797
- Elizabeth BaumFree, her mother and James BaumFree, her father
- Yeah, all your other siblings are sold
- No! I wanna stay with my mama!
- Your'e gonna be sold!
- John is proud of Sojourner and decides to free her in one year
- too bad!
- You broke your promise!I hate you!
- A year later...
- I am going to run away
- Sojourner ran away to a house that detested slavery.Sojourner was free but her 13 other children were not free.
- Finally! I ran away.
- Her slave owner found out and sold her to them for $20.
- Sojourner took a white man to court and won the case.
- Oh no, Peter was sold!
- Peter, her son was sold to a slave owner in Alabama. It was illegal to sell slaves across state lines.
- Sojourner won the case!! Her son is now back.
- Sojourner traveled the US giving speeches about women's rights .
- Let us Vote!We are humans too!
- Ain't I a woman?
- Women Matter!Women Matter!
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