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.
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883). Former slave, abolitionist and womenâs rights advocate Sojourner Truth, born Isabella, spent the last twenty-six years of her life in Michigan. Truth was bought and sold four times and spent the first twenty-nine years of her life as a slave in New York, performing demanding physical labor. In her teens, she married another slave and raised several children.