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Sojourner Truth:
Her Most Famous Speech
One Primary Source, Two Versions
Photo of Old Stone Church (original building on High Street) where Truth first delivered her “Ain’t I A Woman” Speech, (Google Images, n.d.)
The building where the 1851 convention took place and Truth presented her speech.
Sojourner Truth Building, Akron Ohio
Site of Sojourner Truth’s … (n.d.)
(Google Maps, n.d.)
(Ohio Memory.org, n.d.)
(Nye, R., n.d.)
Marius Robinson
(Frances D. Gage, n.d.)
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(First Women’s Rights …, n.d.)
Sojourner's Speech, Transcribed by Marius Robinson; Anti-slavery bugle. volume (New-Lisbon, Ohio), 21 June 1851. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
(Library of Congress, n.d.)
(Library of Congress, n.d.)
Sojourner's Speech, Transcribed by Marius Robinson; Anti-slavery bugle. volume (New-Lisbon, Ohio), 21 June 1851. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Sojourner's Speech, Transcribed by Marius Robinson; Anti-slavery bugle. volume (New-Lisbon, Ohio), 21 June 1851. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Read the introductory paragraph by Robinson, telling the reader about Truth’s speech.
(Library of Congress, n.d.)
Compare the Two Speeches
Following are the two main written versions of Sojourner’s speech. The original, on the left, was delivered by Sojourner and transcribed by Marius Robinson, a journalist, who was in the audience at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio on May 29, 1851. And Gage’s version is on the right, written 12 years later and published in 1863, The full text of each version follows the synopsis below so you can see the differences line by line. I have highlighted overt similarities between the two versions. While Frances Gage changed most of Sojourner’s words and falsely attributed a southern slave dialect to Sojourner’s 1863 version, it is clear the origin of Gage's speech comes from Sojourner's original 1851 speech. It is interesting to note that Marius Robinson and Sojourner Truth were good friends and it was documented that they went over his transcription of her speech before he published it. One could infer from this pre printing meeting, that even if he did not capture every word she said, that she must have blessed his transcription and given permission to print her speech in the Anti‐Slavery Bugle.
Library of Congress Link to Sojourner’s Speech >
(The Sojourner Truth Project, n.d.)
(The Sojourner Truth Project, n.d.)
https://www.thesojournertruthproject.com/compare-the-speeches/
(The Sojourner Truth Project, n.d.)
(The Sojourner Truth Project, n.d.)
Additional Sources
Dr. Tammy L. Brown
https://www.miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/history/about/faculty/brown/index.html
Tammy L. Brown for the 170th anniversary of Seneca Falls, could have been written for 2020. It’s titled “ Celebrate Women’s Suffrage, but Don't Whitewash the Movement's Racism”:
Additional Sources
FROM: ACLU Website
https://www.aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/celebrate-womens-suffrage-dont-whitewash-movements-racism
“In May 1851, African-American abolitionist Sojourner Truth spoke at a women’s rights convention in Akron, Ohio. During her famous speech on the abolition of slavery and the promotion of women’s rights, Truth allegedly bared her breast and proclaimed, “ Ain’t I a woman?”
It was a melodramatic act and statement, but as historian Nell Painter argues, it never happened. Instead, it was a quaint fiction crafted by convention organizer Frances Dana Gage and other white feminists who depicted Truth to white audiences as a genuine albeit primitive ally in the fight for women’s rights. Thus, the 1851 convention marked a modicum of progress, but this progress is tainted by white suffragists’ attempts to control Truth’s voice.”
Additional Sources
http://www.nellpainter.com/history.html
Carleton Mabee Information
BOOK: Sojourner Truth: Slave, Prophet, Legend
Authors: Carelton Mabee and Susan Mabee Newhouse
CITATION:
MLA
Mabee, Carelton, and Susan Mabee Newhouse. Sojourner Truth: Slave, Prophet, Legend. New York, New York University Press, 1993, pp. 67-81.
APA
Mabee, C., & Newhouse, S. M. (1993) Sojourner Truth: Slave, Prophet, Legend. New York University Press, p. 67-81.
Excerpts from Mabee’s
Biography of Sojourner Truth
Regarding Gage’s Account of
Truth’s Speech in Akron in 1851
References
“Anti-Slavery Bugle. June 21, 1851. Page 160 Image 4.” (n.d.) Library of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/
“Compare the Two Speeches.” (n.d.) The Sojourner Truth Project.
https://www.thesojournertruthproject.com/compare-the-speeches/
First Women’s Rights Movement (n.d.) Ohio History Central.
https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/First_Women%27s_Rights_Movement
Frances D. Gage (n.d.) https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Frances_D._Gage
Google Images (n.d.) Old Stone Church 1851, Akron, Ohio.
https://www.google.com/search?q=images+akron+ohio+speech+stone+church&client=firefox-b-1-
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References
Google Maps (n.d.) Sojourner Truth Building, Akron, Ohio.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sojourner+Truth+Building,+Akron,+OH+44308/data=
!4m2!3m1!1s0x883129d59b9a0343:0x6700da90523db23?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT-
5qKkK_sAhVVLs0KHV_QBioQ8gEwAHoECAUQAQ
National Park Services (September 2, 2017) Sojourner Truth.
https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/sojourner-truth.htm
Nye, R. (n.d.) Marius Robinson, A Forgotten Abolitionist Leader. Ohio History Journal. (138).
https://resources.ohiohistory.org/ohj/browse/displaypages.php?display[]=0055&display[]=138&display[]=154
Ohio Memory (n.d.) Image of Marius Robinson. https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll32/id/10571/
Site of Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” Speech (n.d.) Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/site-of-
sojourner-truths-aint-i-woman-speech
Sojourner Truth (September 2, 2017) National Park Services.
https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/sojourner-truth.htm
Works Cited
“Anti-Slavery Bugle. June 21, 1851. Page 160 Image 4.” Library of Congress. n.d.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/
“Compare the Two Speeches.” The Sojourner Truth Project. n.d.
https://www.thesojournertruthproject.com/compare-the-speeches/
First Women’s Rights Movement Ohio History Central. n.d.
https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/First_Women%27s_Rights_Movement
Frances D. Gage https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Frances_D._Gage n.d.
Google Images Old Stone Church 1851, Akron, Ohio. n.d.
https://www.google.com/search?q=images+akron+ohio+speech+stone+church&client=firefox-b-1-
d&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=OkX9Ns10oR2qGM%252CIXU5umhIUyEipM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-
K3xF7Ki1DNYVAp0GLIDNJCREuQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjEjq7vjq_sAhUVCM0KHSxdArwQ9QF6BAgFEAo#imgrc=
v7VP4bXqKs1ucM
Works Cited
Google Maps Sojourner Truth Building, Akron, Ohio. n.d.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sojourner+Truth+Building,+Akron,+OH+44308/data=
!4m2!3m1!1s0x883129d59b9a0343:0x6700da90523db23?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT-
5qKkK_sAhVVLs0KHV_QBioQ8gEwAHoECAUQAQ
National Park Services Sojourner Truth. (September 2, 2017)
https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/sojourner-truth.htm
Nye, R. Marius Robinson, A Forgotten Abolitionist Leader. Ohio History Journal. n.d. (138).
https://resources.ohiohistory.org/ohj/browse/displaypages.php?display[]=0055&display[]=138&display[]=154
Ohio Memory Image of Marius Robinson. n.d. https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll32/id/10571/
Site of Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” Speech Atlas Obscura. n.d. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/site-of-
sojourner-truths-aint-i-woman-speech
Sojourner Truth National Park Services. (September 2, 2017)
https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/sojourner-truth.htm
