Sojourner Truth Certainly, slavery would have ended in the United States and American women would finally have earned the suffrage, but these things might not have come about so quickly without Sojourner Truth’s work. The fact that so few people in any generation speak out and act on principle in order to change the world allows those that do to have enormous power – for either good or evil. American history was shaped by Sojourner Truth, who recognized that history is the collection of individual stories, personal courage, and private revolutions. Pages: 4 Bibliography: 2 source(s) listed Filename: 21228 Price: 35.80