- D utch ▁until ▁she ▁was ▁nine ▁years ▁old . ▁ ▁In ▁contrast ▁to ▁Robinson ' s ▁report , ▁G age ' s ▁ 1 8 6 3 ▁version ▁included ▁Tr uth ▁saying ▁her ▁ 1 3 ▁children ▁were ▁sold ▁away ▁from ▁her ▁into ▁sla very . ▁Tr uth ▁is ▁widely ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁had ▁five ▁children , ▁with ▁one ▁sold ▁away , ▁and ▁was ▁never ▁known ▁to ▁bo ast ▁more ▁children . ▁G age ' s ▁ 1 8 6 3 ▁re collection ▁of ▁the ▁convention ▁conflicts ▁with ▁her ▁own ▁report ▁directly ▁after ▁the ▁convention : ▁G age ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 1 ▁that ▁Ak ron ▁in ▁general ▁and ▁the ▁press , ▁in ▁particular , ▁were ▁largely ▁friendly ▁to ▁the ▁woman ' s ▁rights ▁convention , ▁but ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 3 ▁she ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁convention ▁leaders ▁were ▁fear ful ▁of ▁the ▁" m obb ish " ▁oppon ents . ▁Other ▁e y ew it ness ▁reports ▁of ▁Tr uth ' s ▁speech ▁told ▁a ▁calm ▁story , ▁one ▁where ▁all ▁faces ▁were ▁" be aming ▁with ▁joy ous ▁glad ness " ▁at ▁the ▁session ▁where ▁Tr uth ▁spoke ; ▁that ▁not ▁" one ▁disc ord ant ▁note " ▁interrupted ▁the ▁harm ony ▁of ▁the ▁proceed ings . ▁In ▁contemporary ▁reports , ▁Tr uth ▁was ▁warm ly ▁received ▁by ▁the ▁convention - go ers , ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁long - standing ▁abol ition ists , ▁friendly ▁to ▁progress ive ▁ideas ▁of ▁race ▁and ▁civil ▁rights .