Posted on Jun 20, 2022
Sojourner Truth court documents found 194 years after legal battle to free enslaved son
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Historian Nell Irvin Painter is calling a new find in the New York state archives dramatic and moving. The documents accidentally uncovered by archivist Jim Folts detail abolitionist and women's rights advocate Sojourner Truth's legal battle — and victory — to free her 9-year-old enslaved son.
Folts and Irvin Painter join Here & Now's Robin Young to talk about the unexpected find and its significance.
Folts and Irvin Painter join Here & Now's Robin Young to talk about the unexpected find and its significance.
Sojourner Truth court documents found 194 years after legal battle to free enslaved son
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..."Historian Nell Irvin Painter is calling a new find in the New York state archives dramatic and moving. The documents accidentally uncovered by archivist Jim Folts detail abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Sojourner Truth’s legal battle — and victory — to free her 9-year-old enslaved son.
Folts and Irvin Painter join Here & Now’s Robin Young to talk about the unexpected find and its significance."
..."Historian Nell Irvin Painter is calling a new find in the New York state archives dramatic and moving. The documents accidentally uncovered by archivist Jim Folts detail abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Sojourner Truth’s legal battle — and victory — to free her 9-year-old enslaved son.
Folts and Irvin Painter join Here & Now’s Robin Young to talk about the unexpected find and its significance."
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