1864 , USA : The U.S.A. President ABRAHAM LINCOLN ( 1809 - 1865 ) showing Sojourner Truth ( Isabella Baumfree , 1797 - 1883 ) the Bible presented by colored people of Baltimore , Executive Mansion , Washington , D.C., Oct. 29, 1864 . Sojourner Truth was the self-given name, from 1843 onward, of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, she became the first black woman to win such a case agai

1864 , USA : The U.S.A. President ABRAHAM LINCOLN ( 1809 - 1865 ) showing Sojourner Truth ( Isabella Baumfree , 1797 - 1883 ) the Bible presented by colored people of Baltimore ,  Executive Mansion , Washington , D.C., Oct. 29, 1864 . Sojourner Truth was the self-given name, from 1843 onward, of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, she became the first black woman to win such a case agai Stock Photo
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1864 , USA : The U.S.A. President ABRAHAM LINCOLN ( 1809 - 1865 ) showing Sojourner Truth ( Isabella Baumfree , 1797 - 1883 ) the Bible presented by colored people of Baltimore , Executive Mansion , Washington , D.C., Oct. 29, 1864 . Sojourner Truth was the self-given name, from 1843 onward, of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. Her best-known extemporaneous speech on gender inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?", was delivered in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. - Presidente della Repubblica - Stati Uniti - USA - ritratto - portrait - scialle - cuffia - hat - lens - occhiali da vista - Abramo - EMANCIPATION FROM SLAVERY - BIBBIA - libro - book - EMANCIPAZIONE DEGLI SCHIAVI - slaves - schiavitù - schiavismo - schiava ---- Archivio GBB

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