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Isabella became Sojourner Truth as an adult, when she ran away at age 24. Her master had promised to let her go a year ahead of the mandatory, according to New York law, 25. When he didn't, she left on her own. As an adult, she campaigned throughout the country for freedom for black people, and for women. She had the privilege of meeting President Lincoln, and he, reciprocally, found it a privilege to meet her. She was moved by the great sadness of his face and the obvious heavy burden that sagged his shoulders, so she decided to make the conversation a light one. "I never heard of you until folks started talking about you for president," she said. Lincoln smiled and responded, "Well, I heard of you for years before I even thought about being president. Your name was well known where I came from." Sojourner asked him to sign her "Book of Life" a scrapbook and autograph book about great people she'd met and esteemed. Lincoln wrote: For Aunty Sojourner Truth A. Lincoln October 29, 1864 The regard Lincoln had for her was representative of what all folks who were against slavery also had. A tall, outspoken woman who gave her life, body and soul, to try to better the condition of her people and her sex.

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