Law & Liberty
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In 1828, a former slave named Isabella van Wagenen took her owner to court on the charge that he had illegally sold her five-year-old son out of state.
Isabella won her case, one of the first brought by a black woman in the United States, and had her child returned from Alabama on grounds of established habeas corpus rights.
Sojourner Truth's lawsuit is a testament to antebellum America's commitment to justice under the law.
In Robinson’s more accurate version, Truth never mentioned her children, who were, by this point, long free.
In actuality, Truth would have spoken with a Dutch accenther first language in her home state of New York.
Gage also depicted Truth as a southern field hand, radically altering Truth's speech patterns, making stereotypical use of a southern black dialect.
Sojourner Truth’s speech has been deliberately buried for 172 years, historian says.
Gage says Truth's version of the famous fake has shaded out herand the American legal system’umph of justice in 1828 when her son was returned from the Deep South.
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