Question

What information is provided in the text that can tell you why there are two versions of Sojourner Truth’s speech? Cite specific evidence from the text to support your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:  The original historically accurate "Ain't I a woman" speech by Sojourner Truth. ... Below are the two main written versions of Sojourner's speech. ... The full text of each version follows the synopsis below so you can see the differences ... It is interesting to note that Marius Robinson and Sojourner Truth were good friends

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Answer 2

Sojourner's Truth in both versions talks about the same common themes of slavery, racism, and a desire to be free and not be oppressed.

• The reason for the existence of two versions is due to the various forms of publishing and the added words in one of the speeches. The original 1851 speech is labeled as 'Anti-Slavery Bugle'. The first account was not published in an attempt to bar Sojourner's truth in full. Moreover, the speech was not clear enough for English-speaking regions and needed to be rewritten.
• The second version of the speech was rewritten by Frances Gage in 1863. Gage would end up changing several of the wordings and some of the southern slave dialect that was present in the original speech. This would make it more clear and more accessible to a wider audience.
• The themes of womanhood can be felt in lines where she asks audiences whether she two is not a woman due to the ways in which she was treated as a slave. How it was difficult for her to live as a human being.

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