Misha Newton Ms. Sara Willey Honors English III, Period 6 19 March 2014 Sojourner Truth: Woman Activist During the early 1900’s, women and slaves in the United States were fighting for their freedom in society. These brave slaves and women stood up against the laws of that time to earn their rights. Many of these activists became well known during this time, and now in textbooks. One woman stood up for the rights of both women and people of color, Sojourner Truth was born into slavery and escaped
1851, and initially had no title. It was headlined in two modern newspapers, and a copy was published in 1853 (McKissack and McKissack, p.62). The Ain’t I a Woman speech gained popularity in 1863 at the time of the Civil war in America when Frances Dana Barker Gage produced a revised version, which was named Ain’t I a Woman because of it’s recurrence of the question. Picture a preacher; one who preaches brimstone and fire with a colossal amount of passion and emotion. One who enthralls the believers