Sojourner Truth
In this short speech, Sojourner Truth questions why slaves are treated as property rather than people, despite being no different than their slave masters outside of the color of their skin. She mentions that men claim that women should be treated delicately, with chivalry and respect. However, as a woman herself, she works herself to the bone, is beaten regularly, and has seen most of her children sold into slavery, not at all how these men say women should be treated. She says that despite not having the same education as while women or whites in general, she should not have her rights as a person and a woman taken away from her.
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