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1850-1865: We are a house divided, a nation torn by bloody civil war

May 29, 1851
Sojourner Truth questioned the logic behind limiting suffrage

Sojourner Truth

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Sojourner Truth, a preacher and former slave, electrified a women’s convention in Ohio in 1857. “The women are coming up,” she said, “blessed be God.”

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