![]() ![]() Facing stiff punishment, the local middleman in the sale had Peter returned several months later - but the boy remained enslaved. Isabella voiced her complaint at the Ulster County Courthouse in Kingston. This was a common tactic of New York slave owners - selling enslaved children out of state before emancipation freed them. While at the Van Wagenens, Isabella learned that Peter, her five-year-old son, had been sold illegally by Dumont to an Alabama slaveholder. ![]() She thought it never was so light before…” Excerpt from The Narrative of Sojourner Truth Isabella the Mother “As she gained the summit of a high hill … the sun offended her by coming forth in all his pristine splendor. Ground Control: Soil Health and Climate Resiliency.Federal Watershed Protection Legislation. ![]()
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