Question

In at least 100 words, compare and contrast the written version of Sojourner Truth’s "Ain’t I a Woman?" with the speech she delivered at the Woman’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, in 1851. Use details from the passage to support your answer.

Answer 1

Below are the two main written versions of Sojourner’s speech, the original, on the left, was delivered at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio on May 29, 1851. The full text of each speech follows the synopsis below so you can see the differences line by line. I have highlighted overt similarities between the two versions. While Frances Gage changed most of the wording and added the southern slave dialect to her 1863 version, it is clear the origin of Gage's speech comes from Sojourner's original 1851 speech. It is interesting to note that Marius Robinson and Sojourner Truth were good friends and it was noted that he and she went over his transcription of her speech before he published it. One could infer from this pre printing meeting, that even if he did not capture every word she said, that she must have blessed his transcription and given permission to print her speech in the Anti‐Slavery Bugle.

Answer 2

One of the most important primary purposes of Sojourner Truth's speeches was to help others to understand what it is like to live as a slave from the point of view of one. In the 1851 speech of Sojourner Truth, she speaks upon abolitionism and women's rights. It was evident that people who were both women as well as slaves, had an even more difficult life than those who were not, such as slave men. These slave women had even had their children taken away from them as well. Sojourner Truth witnessed many slaves who were denied the simple right to be considered and treated as human, and as such, the poetic version of Truth's poem, as opposed to the prose, is much more emotional, wherein it is emphasized that not only did the African-American women have to suffer through slavery itself, but they also had to deal with the discrimination and the denial of other rights (such as the right to vote) simply because they are women.

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