Sojourner Truth Speech

An African American woman named Sojourner Truth, she was “a tall, gaunt woman in a gray dress and white turban, surmounted with an uncouth sunbonnet”. During the 1950’s she engaged in a convention for women’s rights in Akron, Ohio. She held her ground when listening to the white man’s cries about there is no such thing as social equality between man and woman. Mrs. Gage, the presiding officer, knows the difficulties women faced during this time. Her mission was to get the white man population to understand and inform them that women deserve equal right. However, many women, even during the convention, dare not to “speak in [the] meeting”. Not even when they know white men twisted and interpreted the Bible to fit their needs. When Sojourner
She used her previous knowledge, her understanding and wisdom to convey to her audience that she has “ploughed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head [her]! And ar’n’t I a woman?” If no man helped do all that labor, gained “tremendous muscular power” then does it mean that she able to do the work man do. So why can’t she have the rights they do? With the use of logos, she could shoot down the claim “superior rights and privileges for man, on the grounds of "superior intellect"; another, because of the "manhood of Christ; if God had desired the equality of woman, He would have given some token of His will through the birth, life and death of the Saviour." Another gave us a theological view of the "sin of the first mother."” One by one she continues to justify why the white man claims were wrong or biased. Sojourner declared that intellect has nothing to do with women’s or African American rights. If someone was only partially as smart as the other, you should allow them their right to fill what they can
She answered “Whar did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothin' to do wid Him." Oh, what a rebuke that was to the little man.” Their unsound logic continued to be answered with what is believed to be true. With her emotional (pathos) appeal through the use of diction, tone, and volume. The point she is trying to make becomes even more clear and moving. A woman who watched her kids sold off into slavery, working hard long hours without any help, having no one to help her, and relying on God. Her story shows the untruth of the white man claims, her emotions is able to rally the men and women in the