USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -There is some controversy regarding Sojourner Truth’s famous ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’ Speech listed above. There are different versions of the speech. The popular ‘Ain’t I a Woman’ Speech was first published by Frances Gage in 1863, 12 years after the speech itself.

Detailed explanation-2: -The speech is in fact printed in the newspaper article supplied here. It is impossible to convey the effect Sojourner Truth’s speech had on the audience. Technically, the speech wasn’t written down, so that makes it difficult to transfer as well, but that fact is not supplied in the text itself.

Detailed explanation-3: -She never learned to read or write. In 1850, she dictated what would become her autobiography-The Narrative of Sojourner Truth-to Olive Gilbert, who assisted in its publication. Truth survived on sales of the book, which also brought her national recognition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sojourner Truth delivers powerful speech on African American women’s rights. At the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention, on May 29, 1851, the formerly enslaved woman, Sojourner Truth, rises to speak and assert her right to equality as a woman, as well as a Black American.

Detailed explanation-5: -Truth delivered the speech on May 29, 1851 at the Woman’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. Marcus Robinson, who attended the convention and worked with Truth, printed the speech as he transcribed it in the June 21, 1851, issue of the Anti-Slavery Bugle.