I tell you I can’t read a book, but I can read de people. - Sojourner Truth

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I tell you I can’t read a book, but I can read de people.

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About Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) originally named Isabella Bomefree, then Baumfree, was a black woman who was born into slavery, and later became a prominent author, and social activist.

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Birth Name: Isabella Baumfree • Elena Divar
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Talk, without effort, is nothing; you are abundantly capable, gentlemen, of making yourself men of distinction; and this gross neglect, on your part, causes my blood to boil within me.
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