AND AINT I A WOMAN, SOJOURNER TRUTHS SPEECH

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A short clip from Sojorner Truth speech that she gave as she tried to help others to see that she was just as much a woman as any of her counter parts. She was an abolitionist who was born into slavery.

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English

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North American (General) North American (US South) US African American

Transcript

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Look at look at my arms, I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man can hit me. And ain't I a woman, I could work as much and eat as much as a man when I could get it, and better lash as well. And ain't I a woman I have borne 13 Children, it could seem most, all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but jesus heard me, and ain't I a woman?