At first, Sojourner Truth was happy to have many children because C. they were the only things that gave her joy.
Being a slave and married to a slave, it ensures that the children borne of this union will also become slaves, that is why Sojourner Truth ran away with her infant daughter from her owner. She did not want her children to grow up as slaves, thus, she fought for the freedom of her son, Peter, when she found out that he had been sold.
She also became an abolitionist and a women's rights activist. Fighting for the right to freedom through emancipation by giving speeches and preaching for the abolition of slavery.