Editing Sojourner Truth (section)

==Illness and death==
[[File:Oak Hill Cemetery - Sojourner Truth Headstone.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Truth's grave at Oak Hill Cemetery]]

Truth was cared for by two of her daughters in the last years of her life.  Several days before Sojourner Truth died, a reporter came from the ''Grand Rapids Eagle'' to interview her. "Her face was drawn and emaciated and she was apparently suffering great pain. Her eyes were very bright and mind alert although it was difficult for her to talk."<ref name="Sojourner TruthInstitute"/>

Truth died early in the morning on November 26, 1883, at her Battle Creek home.<ref>{{cite web|title=Today in History – November 26|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/november-26/|website=The Library of Congress|access-date=November 25, 2017|language=en}}</ref> On November 28, 1883, her funeral was held at the [[Congregational-Presbyterian Church]] officiated by its pastor, the Reverend Reed Stuart. Some of the prominent citizens of Battle Creek acted as pall-bearers; nearly one thousand people attended the service. Truth was buried in the city's Oak Hill Cemetery.<ref>Titus, Frances. "In Memoriam". ''[http://www.mocavo.com/Narrative-of-Sojourner-Truth-a-Bondswoman-of-Olden-Time-Emancipated-by-the-New-York-Legislature-in-the-Early-Part-of-the-Present-Century-With-a-History-of-Her-Labors-and-Correspondence-Drawn-From-Her-Book-of-Life-Also-a-Memorial-Chapter-Giving-the-Particulars-of-Her-Last-Sickness-and-Death/490987/336#337 Narrative of Sojourner Truth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118163236/http://www.mocavo.com/Narrative-of-Sojourner-Truth-a-Bondswoman-of-Olden-Time-Emancipated-by-the-New-York-Legislature-in-the-Early-Part-of-the-Present-Century-With-a-History-of-Her-Labors-and-Correspondence-Drawn-From-Her-Book-of-Life-Also-a-Memorial-Chapter-Giving-the-Particulars-of-Her-Last-Sickness-and-Death/490987/336#337 |date=November 18, 2015 }}''. 1884 edition, pp. 7, 9–10.</ref>

Frederick Douglass offered a eulogy for her in Washington, D.C. "Venerable for age, distinguished for insight into human nature, remarkable for independence and courageous self-assertion, devoted to the welfare of her race, she has been for the last forty years an object of respect and admiration to social reformers everywhere."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Russell|first=Dick|title=Black Genius: Inspirational Portraits of African-American Leaders|date=2009|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing Inc.|isbn=978-1-60239-369-1|page=419|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Dunn|first=John F.|date=January 19, 1986|title=Stamps; Human Rights Activist Honored|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/19/arts/stamps-human-rights-activist-honored.html|access-date=September 1, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>