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 the 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.