Before taking the name Sojourner Truth, Isabella Bomfree was born ... She walked away from the home of her final owner in 1826 with her infant daughter after he reneged on a promise to free ...

Klimek: In 1826, Sojourner Truth escaped her enslavement. By this time she was an adult and was a mother to children of her own. When she left, she took her young daughter with her but was unable ...

Two deeper histories on people mentioned in a recent column: a famous orator and a mother and son who survived the Holocaust.

Together, Greenlee and Painter help us understand us who Sojourner Truth really was, and why several generations of activists have claimed her as a symbol — at the expense of our understanding ...