In 1815 Baumfree met and fell in love with Robert, an enslaved man from a neighboring farm. While at the Dumonts, Baumfree experienced tension and harassment from John’s wife, Elizabeth and rape by John. She remained his property until 1826, when she escaped to freedom. In 1810, she was sold to John Dumont, of West Park, New York. Baumfree remained at John Neely’s until 1808, when she was sold to tavern keeper Martinus Schryver of Port Ewen, New York, where she stayed for 18 months. He purchased her and a flock of sheep for $100. When she was nine years old, she was sold away from her parents to John Neely near Kingston, New York. Enslaved by Dutch settlers, Dutch was her first language. Together with her parents, she spent her childhood enslaved on the estate of Johannes, then later Charles, Hardenbergh. Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in 1797 in Ulster County, New York, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Baumfree.
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