Sojourner Truth Begins Itinerant Preaching Ministry in New York

After gaining her freedom and winning her legal case for her son Peter, Isabella Baumfree (Sojourner Truth) established herself in New York City and joined a Methodist prayer group, beginning an itinerant preaching career. Her powerful oratory attracted notice, and she became associated with the perfectionist preacher Elijah Pierson before embarking on wider travels in the 1840s.