Ain't I a Woman?
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| - | [[File:Official medallion of the British Anti-Slavery Society (1795).jpg|thumb|upright|left|"Am I Not a Man and a Brother?" – 1787 medallion designed by [[Josiah Wedgwood]] for the British anti-slavery campaign]] | + | |
| - | [[File:Am I Not A Woman And A Sister.jpg|thumb|right|1830s image of a slave woman saying "Am I Not a Woman and a Sister?"]] | + | |
| The phrase "Am I not a man and a brother?" had been used by British [[Abolitionism|abolitionists]] since the late 18th century to decry the inhumanity of slavery. | The phrase "Am I not a man and a brother?" had been used by British [[Abolitionism|abolitionists]] since the late 18th century to decry the inhumanity of slavery. | ||
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"Ain't I a Woman?" is a speech, delivered extemporaneously, by Sojourner Truth (1797–1883), born into slavery in New York State. Some time after gaining her freedom in 1827, she became a well known anti-slavery speaker. Her speech was delivered at the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio, on May 29, 1851, and did not originally have a title.
The speech was briefly reported in two contemporary newspapers, and a transcript of the speech was published in the Anti-Slavery Bugle on June 21, 1851. It received wider publicity in 1863 during the American Civil War when Frances Dana Barker Gage published a different version, one which became known as Ain't I a Woman? because of its oft-repeated question. This later, better known and more widely available version has been the one referenced by most historians.
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The phrase "Am I not a man and a brother?" had been used by British abolitionists since the late 18th century to decry the inhumanity of slavery.
