And in Washington, D.C., when a streetcar conductor would not pull up for her, she cried, “I want to ride!” so loudly that the carriage traffic around them stopped, and she got on. The conductor threatened to throw her off, but she told him that she “knew the laws as well as he did,” and she stayed on and rode longer than she had planned—“to make the most of it.” For years and years, Sojourner Truth walked and told her story and fought for Freedom. And when Slavery Time finally ended, she felt so tall within.
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