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Sojourner Truth - Truth spoke at the first National Women's Rights Convention

Time: 1850

Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.

Details: Sojourner Truth purchased a home in Florence for $300 and spoke at the first National Women's Rights Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1854, with proceeds from sales of the narrative and cartes-de-visite captioned, "I sell the shadow to support the substance", she paid off the mortgage held by her friend from the community, Samuel L. Hill.

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