Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I Woman" (speech)- View/ Listen Oct 20/ 20

Please view the video below and consider the following questions in respect to Sojourner Truth and values/ beliefs she advocated for communities (class, gender, and race):
  • According to the speaker, who determines what is just? What is fair? Consider, class, gender, and race. 
  • Is justice fair? Include specific examples from the speech. 
  • Think about her speech, why does justice sting? Why are the individuals/ family members speaking out? Explain 
  • What is the reality of justice? (personal opinion)
  • What factors interfere with the path of justice? 
  • How or does each speaker/ individual consider equity, equality, and liberation? 
Ain't I a Woman? " is a speech, delivered extemporaneously, by Sojourner Truth, (1797–1883), born into slavery in New York State. Some time after gaining her freedom in 1827, she became a well known anti-slavery speaker. Her speech was delivered at the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio, on May 29, 1851, and did not originally have a title.