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Episodes tagged "Sojourner Truth": 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Sojourner Truth: Feminist and Abolitionist Speech
    date May 28, 1851 to May 29, 1851map SUMMIT, Ohiotags Sojourner Truth, Women's Rights Movement., Slavery, Feminist Movement, Abolitionist Movement

    Sojourner Truth, an emancipated slave, had a vision in 1843 that convinced her that God wanted her to speak the truth about Americans' sins against African Americans as well as women. She presented these two causes as "inextricably intertwined." Sojourner Truth became a public speaker in many events in antislavery and women's rights. On May 28-29, 1851, Truth gave a particularly compelling speech....

  2. Sojourner Truth asks "Ain't I a Woman?"
    date 1850 to 1860map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Ain't I a Woman?, Anti-Slavery Act, Sojourner Truth, Slavery

    In 1851, Sojourner Truth stood in front of the Women's Convention in Ohio, looking over the numerous white faces, and asked the crowd “Ain’t I a woman?”. In the speech that followed, Truth challenged the idea that men should treat all women the same, “That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody...