,,iv  #aah? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #ba  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(      
,,repres5tatives  ,janu>y #aa1 #bjbc,ms4
 ,jackson ,lee submitt$ ! foll[+        
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ! ,judici>y  ,,resolution           
,commemorat+ ! life & legacy ( ,soj\rn] 
,tru?4  ,:]eas ,soj\rn] ,tru? 0 born    
,isabella ,baumfree to h] slave p>5ts   
,james & ,elizabe? ,baumfree1 9 #ahig 9 
,dut*-speak+ ,sw>tekill1 ,ul/] ,c\nty1  
,new ,york2 ,:]eas ,soj\rn] ,tru? 0 born
 two ye>s be=e ,an ,act = ! ,gradual    
,elim9ation ( ,slav]y became law 9      
,p5nsylvania1 :i* consign$ h] to ! /atus
 ( slave = ! re/ ( h] life2 ,:]eas      
,soj\rn] ,tru?1 />t+ at ! age ( #i &    
cont9u+ into adolesc5ce1 0 b\ght & sold 
#d times & bore at lea/ #e *ildr51 b    
liv$ to ov]come h] h>dscrabble beg9n+ to
 become "o ( ! mo/ fam\s & influ5tial   
wom5 ( ! #ai? c5tury2 ,:]eas1 9 #ahbg1 !
 ye> be=e a ,new ,york law free+ slaves 
took effect1 ,soj\rn] ,tru? escap$ f    
bondage ) h] infant daught] ,sophia &   

s\ght refuge ) /aun* abolitioni/s ,m>ia 
,van ,wag5] & h] husb& ,dr4 ,isaac ,van 
,wag5]2 ,:]eas = #bj doll>s ! ,van      
,wag5]s b\ght ,soj\rn] ,tru?'s fre$om & 
help$ h] successfully sue = ! return (  
h] #e-ye>-old son ,pet]1 :o _h be5      
illegally sold into slav]y 9 ,alabama2  
,:]eas1 9 #ahbh1 ,soj\rn] ,tru? mov$ to 
,new ,york ,city to "w = a local m9i/]  
&1 by ! e>ly #ahcjs1 h] reputation ( be+
 a *>ismatic speak] 0 becom+ well kn[n2 
,:]eas1 9 #ahdc1 ,soj\rn] ,tru? decl>$ t
 ! ,holy ,_s call$ on h] to prea* !     
tru?1 r5am+ h]self ,soj\rn] ,tru?2      
,:]eas ,soj\rn] ,tru? us$ h] div9ely    
inspir$ gift ( spee* to advocate = equal
 treatm5t ( all p]sons1 includ+ ! "r (  
all wom5 to enjoy ! same privileges &   
immunities ! ,con/itution be/[$ ^u m52  
,:]eas ! mo/ fam\s expression ( ,soj\rn]
 ,tru?'s deeply held conviction t all   
wom5 7 entitl$ to equal treatm5t "u !   
law came 9 h] address at ! ,wom5's      
,conv5tion 9 ,akron1 ,ohio on ,may #bi1 
#ahea1 9 :i* %e decl>$1 ,t man ov] !re  

says t wom5 ne$ to be help$ into        
c>riages1 & lift$ ov] dit*es1 & to h !  
be/ place ev]y:]e4 ,nobody ev] helps me 
into c>riages1 or ov] mud-puddles1 or   
gives me any be/ place6 ,& a9't ,i a    
woman8 ,look at me6 ,look at my arm6 ,i 
h pl\gh$ & plant$1 & ga!r$ into b>ns1 & 
no man c\ld head me6 ,& a9't ,i a woman8
 ,i c\ld "w z mu* & eat z mu* z a       
man--:5 ,i c\ld get x--& be> ! la% z    
well6 ,& a9't ,i a woman8 ,i h borne    
?irte5 *ildr51 & se5 mo/ all sold (f to 
slav]y1 & :5 ,i cri$ out ) my "m's      
grief1 none b ,jesus he>d me6 ,& a9't ,i
 a woman8 & ,if ! fir/ woman ,god ev]   
made 0 /rong en\gh to turn ! _w upside  
d[n all alone1 ^! wom5 toge!r ought to  
be able to turn x back1 & get x "r side 
up aga96 ,& n[ !y is ask+ to d x1 ! m5  
bett] let !m42 ,:]eas ! endur+ legacy ( 
,soj\rn] ,tru? is h] /eadfa/ belief t   
all m5 & wom5 are creat$ equal--a refra9
 t is e*o$ 9 ! ,i ,h a ,dream spee* giv5
 on ! /eps ( ! ,l9coln ,memorial on     
,augu/ #bh1 #aifc1 by ! ,rev]5d ,dr4    

,m>t9 ,lu!r ,k+1 ,jr42 ,:]eas1 9 !      
#ahejs1 ,soj\rn] ,tru? settl$ 9 ,battle 
,creek1 ,mi*igan1 :]e #c ( h] daught]s  
liv$ & cont9u$ to speak nationally &    
help to resettle slaves :o _h escap$ to 
fre$om2 ,:]eas at ! onset ( ! ,civil    
,w>1 ,soj\rn] ,tru? urg$ free ,black m5 
to jo9 ! ,union ,army cause & work$ to  
organize supplies = ,black troops2      
,:]eas aft] ! ,civil ,w>1 ,soj\rn] ,tru?
 0 honor$ ) an invitation to ! ,:ite    
,h\se & became involv$ ) ! ,fre$m5's    
,bureau1 help+ fre$ slaves f9d jobs &   
build new & bett] lives2 ,:]eas ,soj\rn]
 ,tru? cont9u$ h] advocacy = human &    
civil rights = =m] slaves z %e f\ght    
aga9/ de jure segregation2 & ,:]eas1 at 
#fc ye>s ( age1 ,soj\rn] ,tru? /ood up  
to a /reetc> conductor :o tri$ to       
viol5tly block h] f rid+1 pr$at+ &      
model+ ! c\rage ( ,rosa ,p>ks1 :o less  
?an #ajj ye>s lat] /ood up = ju/ice by  
sitt+ d[n3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t x is !   
s5se ( ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives t--    
7#a7 ! life ( ,soj\rn] ,tru? reflects ! 

exp]i5ce ( millions ( wom5 ( ,african   
desc5t br\ght to ! ,am]icas 9 viol5ce & 
9 violation ( _! human rights to be !   
prog5itors ( slaves1 b :o n only surviv$
 t exi/5ce1 b ?riv$ to %ape new pa?s to 
an awak5+ ( h[ p view race & g5d]2  7#b7
 ,soj\rn] ,tru? demon/rates !           
indomitable w ( p ev]y:]e :o ye>n to be 
free & ov]come impossible odds to w9    
fre$om = !mselves & o!rs2 &  7#c7       
,soj\rn] ,tru? reflects ! be/ ,am]ican  
tradition ( us+ "o's c\rage & intellect 
to transc5d societal limits to re9v5t & 
r5ew ! ,am]ican ,dream & pass x on to   
succe$+ g5]ations1 end[+ !m ) ! fre$om  
to unlea% _! imag9ation & pursue _!     
dreams4