Sojourner Truth is best known for her speech on racial inequalities, “Ain’t I a Woman?” delivered at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851. OCCUPATION. Civil Rights Activist, Women’s Rights Activist. BIRTH DATE. ciara 1797. PLACE OF BIRTH. Swartekill, Ulster County, New York. PLACE OF DEATH. Battle Creek, Michigan.
Sojourner never uttered the words “Ain’t I a woman “. These are the words of Frances Gage, a white woman who rewrote and published Sojourner’s speech 12 years after it was given. The original translation as well as 8 other newspaper reporting of Sojourners speech are in the library of Congress.
The end of Sojourner’s speech is unusual because she addresses herself in 3rd person P.O.V. She says, “now old Sojourner.” Also, she didn’t conclude what she had just spoken about; she simply thanks the audience for listening and says she has nothing else to say.
Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883) was arguably the most famous of the 19th Century black women orators. Born into slavery in New York and freed in 1827 under the state’s gradual emancipation law, she dedicated her life to abolition and equal rights for women and men. Two versions of her most noted speech appear below.
What remarkable speech did Sojourner Truth give to the Women’s Rights Convention? Be sure to read it. 2. How many different occupations did George Washington Carver have during his life? Name 3. 3. When Wilma Rudolph was a child something happened to her that makes her 3 Olympic gold medals all the more amazing.