he Civil War gave him the status of a hero, but later historians and biographers continued to differ on his merits. After 1865, when the Liberator was discontinued, Garrison concerned himself with other reform movements, especially women’s suffrage and temperance. William Lloyd Garrison died in 1879.Sojourner TruthSojourner Truth was born as Isabella Baumfree in 1797. She was a slave in Hurley, New York, and spoke only Dutch during her childhood. Sold and resold, denied her choice in husband, and treated cruelly by her masters, Truth ran away in 1826, leaving all but one of her children behind. After her freedom was bought for $25, she moved to New York City in 1829 and became a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. In 1853, she helped form a utopian community called "The Kingdom," at Sing, New York, which was soon disbanded following the death and possible murder of its leader. After the death of her son, she took the name Sojourner Truth to signify her new role as traveler telling the truth about slavery. She set out on June 1, 1843, walking for miles in a northeasterly direction with 25 cents in her pocket, and rested only when she found lodging offered by either rich or poor. First she attended religious meetings, then began to hold meetings herself. As she logged mile after mile, her fame grew and her reputation preceded her. In 1864, she was invited to the White House, where President Abraham Lincoln personally received her. Later she served as a counselor for the National Freedman's Relief Association, retiring in 1875 in Battle Creek, Michigan. She died in 1883.The North StarA famous abolitionist by the name of Frederick Douglass bought a two-story home in Rochester, New York for his wife and the children and on December 3, 1847, began his second career, when his four page weekly newspaper, the North Star, came off the presses. Once the North Star began to circulate Douglass's friends in the abolitionist ...
