Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree, (c.1797 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. This cabinet card of Truth was produced around 1864, and is now in the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.Photograph credit: unknown; restored by Adam CuerdenRecently featured: Very Large TelescopeCharles Henry TurnerHamerkopArchiveMore featured pictures