Elizabeth Bomefree

(dates unknown)

BIRTH

UNKNOWN

PLACE

Unknown

DEATH

UNKNOWN

PLACE

Ulster County, New York

FAMILY

CHILDREN

Sojourner Truth

(1797-1883)

HOMES

NICKNAMES

Mau-Mau Bett; Betsey

RELIGIOUS VIEWS

CHRISTIAN

DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED

MEMBERSHIPS

AWARDS

Elizabeth Baumfree, also spelled Bomefree, was the mother of Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree. Elizabeth and her family were enslaved on the Hardenbergh estate in Ulster County, New York.

ENSLAVED

EARLY LIFE

CAREER

DEATH

Sojourner Truth's 1850 narrative says her mother, known as Mau-Mau Bett, collapsed after symptoms described as palsy and died within hours. The narrative does not establish the year.