She gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in 1843. Her best-known speech was delivered extemporaneously, in 1851, at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in [[Akron, Ohio]]. The speech became widely known during the Civil War by the title "[[Ain't I a Woman?]]," a variation of the original speech re-written by someone else using a stereotypical Southern dialect; whereas Sojourner Truth was from New York and grew up speaking Dutch as her first language. During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Truth helped recruit black troops for the [[Union Army]]; after the war, she tried unsuccessfully to secure [[land grant]]s from the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] for former slaves. |
She gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in 1843. Her best-known speech was delivered extemporaneously, in 1851, at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in [[Akron, Ohio]]. The speech became widely known during the Civil War by the title "[[Ain't I a Woman?]]," a variation of the original speech re-written by someone else using a stereotypical Southern dialect; whereas Sojourner Truth was from New York and grew up speaking Dutch as her first language. During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Truth helped recruit black troops for the [[Union Army]]; after the war, she tried unsuccessfully to secure [[land grant]]s from the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] for former slaves. |