Born as Isabella Baumfree, Sojourner Truth was sold into the cruel world of slavery at eleven years (along with a herd of sheep). The deal was sealed for one hundred dollars. Over the years, she was sold a couple times, each time to a mean and abusing slave-owner. She walked off into freedom in 1826 because she was not freed when she promised she would be. After she became free she went to New York and partnered up with the Quaker's. She adopted their dress and teachings and soon became respected. She changed her name to Sojourner Truth which mean traveling or searching for truth; and this is what she became for so many people. She became truth to the horrible, in-just conditions that were happening at the time and brought so many to freedom. She paved a way as an individual in history forever but the fact that she was a black female in the women's rights movement was astonishing. In 1860 the New York Legislature passed a bill that gave women the right to own and sell their own property, to control their own wages, and to claim rights to their children upon separation. This was the first time women had any control over their lives. Sojourner didn't get to have these privileges right away yet she still made a way for herself. In 1826 Sojourner's son had been illegally sold into slavery, and she was outraged. Somehow she found a way to save up enough money to go to court and appeal to get her son back. She eventually won the court case, even though all the odds weren't in her favor, and her son was returned to her in 1828. This was a huge step for women in general, especially a black woman, and began her life-long adventure to make a difference. Sojourner Truth was a breakthrough women's rights activist along with a traveling preacher. She started traveling across the north-eastern states preaching the gospel. She didn't preach a specific religion such as Christianity or Catholicism but she was simply a spiritual person. During the Civ