young woman changing her name as she redefines, still in a fairly halting way, her identity from isabella bumfree to isabella wagenen. and fairly down the line she changes her name to the name we all know about her. so the question remains, what happened in those years? we pretty much know what happened in 1850, because in 1850, she starts her public life, her walking, her preaching, her showing up at conferences, her being reported on in newspapers, her meeting with presidents that's going to follow. we know about those things. but what happened in the time in between? well, in this early period, she moved to kingston, new york, and we know she was working there. she did a lot of domestic work often, generally, with white families who became important to her in terms of certifying her i understand -- independence. she did eventually leave with her son peter and left the girls in care at ulster county. she started preaching in camp meetings and on street corners. we'll get to that in just a second. in new york she lived outside of a black community, if there was one. new york at this time had a c