What is Transatlantic Reconnection?

An interactive learning platform connecting continental African students with the history, culture, and diaspora narratives of the African American experience.

Historical Figure

Sojourner Truth

1797 – 1883

Born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree, escaped 1826. Abolitionist and women's rights activist. Famous for 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech (1851). First Black woman to win a lawsuit against a white man.

Freedom and Resistance Civil Rights

Study in Curriculum

Unit 2

Gender & Resistance: Women Who Refused

Unit 4.5

The Three Pillars: Black Church, HBCUs, and the Divine Nine

Black Women's Leadership & the Civil Rights Movement

Related Places & Museums

African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church — National Headquarters

Charlotte, NC

Organized in New York City in 1821, the AME Zion Church earned the title 'Freedom Church' for its extraordinary role in the Underground Railroad and a...

Primary Sources

Narrative of Sojourner Truth

1850

Related Figures

Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglass

Paul Robeson

James Varick

Key Events

Women's Convention Akron 1851

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