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Sojourner Truth State Park

Preview The New Sojourner Truth State Park in Kingston on Sunday

November 18, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Sojourner Truth State Park 1Decades before she took her fabled name, abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth was born enslaved in Ulster County, NY under the name Isabella.

Covering more than 500 acres and a mile of Hudson River shoreline, the future Sojourner Truth State Park in Kingston, NY, was once an industrial site for production of cement, quarry stone, and ice harvesting. Sojourner Truth State Park will be first new State Park since 2019. [Read more…] about Preview The New Sojourner Truth State Park in Kingston on Sunday

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Abolition, Highland, Hudson River, Kingston, Palisades Parks Conservancy, Sojouner Truth, Sojourner Truth State Park, Ulster County, womens history

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