Ain't I a Woman by Sojourner Truth
Osmania University Sem 5 CRITICAL READING Unit 2 Ain't I a Woman Sojourner Truth Summary Ain't I a Woman was a speech given by Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), an abolitionist, suffragette, and women's rights activist. She was an African American emancipated slave, born around 1797, in Swartekill, New York. She was born into slavery, and was sold at least four separate times in her childhood and early adulthood. As a slave she experienced physical abuse, rape and violence. . She was illiterate. Her published autobiography was "The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, which she dictated to Olive Gilbert. She was forcibly married to Thomas, a slave, with whom she had five children. July 4, 1827, is generally recognized as the date of final emancipation, making New York the first state to abolish slavery. New York passed the Anti-Slavery Law of 1827 and freed the last enslaved people in ...