Recovered Docs Show How Sojourner Truth Won Son’s Freedom From White Man

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Princeton history professor and Sojourner Truth biographer Nell Irvin Painter joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the “strength” that Sojourner Truth displayed in 1828 when she became one of the first Black women to successfully sue a white man in court, winning her son’s freedom from slavery.

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