Sojourner Truth Author:Peter Roop I am pleading for the mothers, Who gaze in wild despair, Upon the hated auction-block, And see their children there.With these words Sojourner Truth sang about the pain that women slaves felt when their children were sold away from them. Sojourner Truth was born a slave in New York. Her son Peter was taken away from her and she went to extraordi... more »nary lengths to get him back. Through hard work and the help of her friends, Sojourner freed herself and her children from slavery. As a free woman, she traveled across the country speaking against slavery and in favor of women's rights.« less