Isabella (Belle) Baumfree was born into slavery in 1797 in Swartekill, Ulister County, New York. She died on November 26, 1883 (86 years) in Battle Creek, Michigan. Isabella (Belle) Baumfree escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. She went to court to recover her son in 1828 and became the first black woman to win a court case against a white man. In 1843 Isabella (Belle) Baumfree gave herself the name Sojourner Truth.  She was an African American Abolitionist, an author and a Women’s Rights activist. In 2014, she was included in Smithsonian magazine's list of the "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time"