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In "Ain't I a Woman?" what emotion is Truth trying to invoke when she says, "Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud puddles"?

A. Joy
B. Helplessness
C. Shame
D. Sympathy

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Answer:

D. Sympathy.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sojourner Truth was a black woman born during the racist prejudice against the blacks by the whites and the slavery system. She was a vocal leader against the racism and the slavery system which affect her people.

In her impromptu speech "Ain't I A Woman?" she recounts how she had to undergo a different fate than the usual women. She recounts how one man "over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman?" This shows how, because of her color and background, she was treated differently. These lines show her trying to invoke sympathy from anyone listening, for she was also a woman and no different from the other females.

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