LAD #17: Sojourner Truth Speech

Sojourner Truth delivered her speech to the Ohio Women's Convention in Akron to address the two primary issues of racist and sexist prejudices which currently plagued the nation. She expressed discontent at the value of the rights given to women at this time. She said how women could work just as hard and efficient as men and that the labels men give them are degrading and inaccurate. She has been through so much in her life, battling slavery, the grief of losing her children, working as hard as she ever could so why is she not treated as any white woman would be treated like or respected as much as any man. In closing, she states that man was created by God and a woman, so women should be more respected than they are.