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Recovers son
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Lynn B. Schramek
Lynn B. Schramek2015-07-28 19:37:032015-07-28 23:02:03Recovers son
A New York law emancipates all slaves but Truth’s former master, Dumont, had already sold Peter, Isabella’s five-year old child, into slavery in Alabama. Truth sues in court, with the help of the Wageners, and recovers her son. She becomes the first black woman, after several months of litigation, to win such a case against a white man.