Sojourner Truth, a formerly enslaved woman who escaped north and renamed herself, served as a wartime counselor to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Through her activism, including recruiting Black Union soldiers and demanding freedom for enslaved people, her defiance helped steer the Union toward emancipation, demonstrating how individual moral courage can influence national policy and the course of history.
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President Lincoln once sought wartime counsel from Sojourner Truth, a woman born enslaved. Sold in bondage, she escaped north, renamed herself Sojourner Truth, preached, recruited black [music] Union soldiers, and demanded freedom.
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