This pictorial biography of Sojourner Truth concentrates on the early part of her life, explaining in simple language how the abused slave girl, Isabella, transformed herself into a formidable figure whose efforts to combat slavery and discrimination turned her into a legend. Having won a landmark court victory against a white man for removing and selling her son, she embarks on a life-long crusade, a solitary wanderer and charismatic speaker of great dignity, preaching her implacable message.