Dr. Michelle Chresfield

Not at all. She is so convinced that she wept for joy and kissed his feet. Okay. Yeah. Oh, man. Yeah. And in 1833, she follows him to a commune in Westchester called Kingdom of Matthias.

Not at all. She is so convinced that she wept for joy and kissed his feet. Okay. Yeah. Oh, man. Yeah. And in 1833, she follows him to a commune in Westchester called Kingdom of Matthias.

Yes! She does. She does. Yes! And members of this organization, cult, if you will, it's what it is. They sign over thousands of dollars in property to Matthias, and he styles himself as a prophet chosen by God.

Yes! She does. She does. Yes! And members of this organization, cult, if you will, it's what it is. They sign over thousands of dollars in property to Matthias, and he styles himself as a prophet chosen by God.

Yes. And so she, you know, begins to or attempts at least to defy him. But he uses physical abuse and punishment against, you know, his followers. And so it's a real tough situation that she finds herself in and is marginalized in this community.

Yes. And so she, you know, begins to or attempts at least to defy him. But he uses physical abuse and punishment against, you know, his followers. And so it's a real tough situation that she finds herself in and is marginalized in this community.

And Matthias eventually kind of abandons Isabella, goes back to his wife. And so that's really how the whole thing kind of comes to an end, that particular chapter. So she's once again having to kind of start over.

And Matthias eventually kind of abandons Isabella, goes back to his wife. And so that's really how the whole thing kind of comes to an end, that particular chapter. So she's once again having to kind of start over.

Yes, so on June 1st, 1843, the day of Pentecost, she claims to have experienced the Holy Spirit calling her to travel and preach. Sojourner Truth is one who travels to preach God's truth, and she spends several months on the road trying to convince audiences to seek salvation before Judgment Day, which she predicts would occur in March 1844, so it is imminent.

Yes, so on June 1st, 1843, the day of Pentecost, she claims to have experienced the Holy Spirit calling her to travel and preach. Sojourner Truth is one who travels to preach God's truth, and she spends several months on the road trying to convince audiences to seek salvation before Judgment Day, which she predicts would occur in March 1844, so it is imminent.

And so there's a huge expediency to her work at this moment.

And so there's a huge expediency to her work at this moment.

This is a utopian community that's a stop on the Underground Railroad. And it's really where she begins to cultivate her kind of feelings around anti-slavery and and women's issues particularly. So it's a huge moment for her in her development as a speaker.

This is a utopian community that's a stop on the Underground Railroad. And it's really where she begins to cultivate her kind of feelings around anti-slavery and and women's issues particularly. So it's a huge moment for her in her development as a speaker.

Yeah, I mean, the headline act is, well, you know, Frederick Douglass is just starting out. And so there's tension. And they disagreed on these kind of philosophical things that also, I think, bled into their personality differences. She would publicly point out his mistakes and also call him to the carpet for things that he would do in terms of prioritizing black men over women.

Yeah, I mean, the headline act is, well, you know, Frederick Douglass is just starting out. And so there's tension. And they disagreed on these kind of philosophical things that also, I think, bled into their personality differences. She would publicly point out his mistakes and also call him to the carpet for things that he would do in terms of prioritizing black men over women.

Douglass really believed that truth was trying to really make him look bad in the public eye.

Douglass really believed that truth was trying to really make him look bad in the public eye.

Yeah, so Sojourner needs the money, right? She's giving it all the way to Matthias and these other types of institutions that she's involved in. Yeah, so she narrates her life story to Olive Gilbert, who's a friend of William Lloyd Garrison, so the noted abolitionist. So it's the narrative of Sojourner Truth drawn from her book of life, and it's published in 1850.

Yeah, so Sojourner needs the money, right? She's giving it all the way to Matthias and these other types of institutions that she's involved in. Yeah, so she narrates her life story to Olive Gilbert, who's a friend of William Lloyd Garrison, so the noted abolitionist. So it's the narrative of Sojourner Truth drawn from her book of life, and it's published in 1850.