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| sojourner truth definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | united states abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883) | 24 sets | |
| 2 | former slave who became an abolitionist and women's rights activist | 10 sets | |
| 3 | american abolitionist and feminist. born into slavery, she escaped in 1827 and became a leading preacher against slavery and for the rights of women. | 8 sets | |
| 4 | former slave who became an abolitionist and womens right activist | 6 sets | |
| 5 | worked in union hospitals and in camps for freed slaves | 4 sets | |
| 6 | former slave who joined women's movement | 3 sets | |
| 7 | an abolitionist, underground railroad agent, preacher, and women's rights advocate, she was a nurse for over 4 years during the civil war and worked as a nurse and counselor for the freedman's relief association after the war | 3 sets | |
| 8 | an abolitionist speaker. originally escaped her owners and lived with quakers and won back her son. | 3 sets | |
| 9 | abolitioner and feminist who spoke against slavery and for the rights of women | 2 sets | |
| 10 | an american slave and advocate for both abolition and women's rights | 2 sets | |
| 11 | former slave who spoke for women's rights as well as against slavery | 2 sets | |
| 12 | after the civil war, it was this nurse's misssion to aid the newly freed southern slaves: | 2 sets | |
| 13 | was born a slave but later became an abolitionist and women's rights activist. | 2 sets | |
| 14 | powerful speaker who protestes against abolition of slavery abd woman rights. | 2 sets | |
| 15 | new york free black woman who fought for emancipation and woman's rights | 2 sets | |
| 16 | among the first black women to speak out against slavery | 2 sets | |
| 17 | ex-slave & abolitionist | 2 sets | |
| 18 | a freed black woman in ny who fought for black emancipation and women's rights. | 2 sets | |
| 19 | former slave who became an abolitionist and supporter of womens rights | 2 sets | |
| 20 | a black woman who was well know as a womans rights advocate | 2 sets | |
| 21 | former slave who became an abolitionist and women's rights activists. | 2 sets | |
| 22 | conductor in the underground railroad who led 300 slaves to freedom | 2 sets | |
| 23 | name used by isabelle baumfree, one of the best-known abolitionists of her day. she was the first black woman orator to speak out against slavery. | 2 sets | |
| 24 | first black woman orator to speak out against slavery. name used by isabelle baumfree, one of the best known abolitionists of her day. | 2 sets | |
| 25 | abolitionist and former slave who became a leading preacher against slavery | 1 set | |
| 26 | born isabella van wagener. a freed slave who worked for emancipation. she spoke and sold her biography at events. became a traveling minister. | 1 set | |
| 27 | worked in union hospital in camps for freed slaves | 1 set | |
| 28 | reform: slavery, wrote "narrative of sojurner truth," escaped slave, one of 13 and saw all of her 12 brothers and sisters being sold, and her children | 1 set | |
| 29 | born isabella van wagener. worked for emancipation. she spoke and sold her biography at events. became a traveling minister. | 1 set | |
| 30 | gave speeches around the country about abolition and women's rights. | 1 set | |
| 31 | born isabella baumfree, changed her name after escaping slavery; spoke with wit and wisdom | 1 set | |
| 32 | wrote speech, "a'n't i a woman?"; runaway slave; helped slaves go to court. | 1 set | |
| 33 | former slave, tall, powerful and women's rights leader as well | 1 set | |
| 34 | (isabella baumfree) lived in the cellar of her masters house, and when he told her to stay a year longer after slavery was banned, she fled. farmer challenged that she was against the consitution. feminist as well | 1 set | |
| 35 | a freed black woman in ny who fought tirelessly for black emancipation and women's rights. also known as "isabella," she held audiences spellbound with her deep, resonant voice and the religious passion with which she condemned the sin of slavery. | 1 set | |
| 36 | an aboliitionist who spoke out drawing large crowds in the north | 1 set | |
| 37 | a former slave woman who bought her child back and made a very moving speech at a women's rights convention | 1 set | |
| 38 | former slave, abolitionist & women's rights activist | 1 set | |
| 39 | worked in union hospitals & in camps for freed slaves | 1 set | |
| 40 | isabella van wagener, she traveled the country speaking out against slavery; gained her freedom and believed that god had called her to "travel up and down the land" to preach | 1 set | |