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Documents rediscovered: Sojourner Truth’s fight to save son

This undated photo from the Library of Congress shows Sojourner Truth, a Black woman who had escaped slavery with her infant daughter. Recently uncovered court documents from 1828 related to the noted abolitionist were spotted in January by an eagle-eyed New York state archivist. The court papers from her successful court fight to reunite with a son sold to slavery will briefly be on public display Wednesday at the Ulster County Courthouse in Kingston, New York, the same building where she brought her case. (Library of Congress via AP) Jim Folts, left, head of researcher services at the state archives, and State Archivist Thomas Ruller, view 1828 court documents related to Sojourner Truth, at the New York State Archives in Albany N.Y., Thursday, June 9, 2022. In January, Folts found the court records detailing Sojourner Truth's fight to be reunited with her young son, who had been sold into slavery in Alabama. The papers will be on display Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Kingston, N.Y. (AP Photo/Michael Hill) Isabella Van Wagenen, who would later take the name Sojourner Truth, has her named signed with an "X" on her court deposition on a document shown at the New York State Archives. in Albany N.Y., Thursday, June 9, 2022. Recently found court records from 1828 detail her fight to be reunited with her young son, who had been sold into slavery in Alabama. The papers will be on display Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Kingston, N.Y. (AP Photo/Michael Hill) This undated photo from the Library of Congress shows Sojourner Truth, a Black woman who had escaped slavery with her infant daughter. Recently uncovered court documents from 1828 related to the noted abolitionist were spotted in January by an eagle-eyed New York state archivist. The court papers from her successful court fight to reunite with a son sold to slavery will briefly be on public display Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at the Ulster County Courthouse in Kingston, N.Y., the same building where she brought her case. (Library of Congress via AP) Isabella Van Wagenen, who would later take the name Sojourner Truth, has her named signed with an "X" on her court deposition on a document shown at the New York State Archives. in Albany N.Y., Thursday, June 9, 2022. Recently found court records from 1828 detail her fight to be reunited with her young son, who had been sold into slavery in Alabama. The papers will be on display Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Kingston, N.Y. (AP Photo/Michael Hill)