His acquittal was complete, his friendship warmly honoured, a lively interest excited for his friend, and his description of the fine country about Lyme so feelingly attended to by the party, that an earnest desire to see Lyme themselves, and a project for going thither was the consequence.
Battle Creek, Michigan. Photos by Kim Russell. Statue created by Tina Allen in 1999 and is located in the Memorial Park in Battle Creek. She is a 12 foot tall bronze piece in the town where she spent the last 26 years of her life â from 1857 to Nov. 26, 1883. Sojourner Truth is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Michigan. More on this Battle Creek Project.
She gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in 1843 after she became convinced that God had called her to leave the city and go into the countryside testifying the hope that was in her.. Her best-known speech was delivered extemporaneously, in 1851, at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.