Sojourner Truth addresses two distinct points. Through the introduction, Truth challenged and emphasized on the idea that women were feebler and needed to be care for. Based upon Truth’s experiences, as a mother, black woman, and woman during this era, this speech argues that white and black men descriptions of how to treat women differed. According to a white man amongst the audience, “women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches and have the place everywhere.” Maintaining that concept…
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