God's Free Woman: Sojourner Truth

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Feb 11, 2026 · 4m

READ: GALATIANS 3:26–4:7 She chose the name Sojourner Truth because she believed God had called her to speak the truth to others—especially about slavery. But she was born in New York as a slave named Isabella Bomfree in 1797, and she and her five children were legally owned by others. In 1827, she took her infant daughter and left, finding shelter with an abolitionist family, the Van Wegenens. They bought her freedom for twenty dollars. This family’s faith strongly affected Isabella, who became a Christian and went to work for an evangelist named Elijah Pierson. Isabella changed her name to…