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    Deborah Gray White’s book‚ Ar’n’t I a Woman? is a depiction of female slaves in the southern plantations. Many texts and primary sources cover slavery through the eyes of men and rarely has the public been given a clear representation of the female slavery realm. White explores the burdens that these women encountered. These women lived through sexism and racism all while assuming their roles in their families and community. White begins her book by contrasting two portrayals of enslaved women:

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    Black Womanhood of the South Not only did slave woman in the plantations of the South have the affliction of racism‚ but they also encountered sexism as well. The roles these woman faced between their community and family were relentlessly altered compared to the female roles that were a tradition in society. 1 As Deborah Gray White stated in her book Ar’n’t I a Woman? “black woman were unprotected by men or by law‚ and they had their womanhood totally denied.” (12) Unfortunately‚ black women did

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    struggles that slave women faced in their day to day survival. Deborah Gray White’s book‚ Ar’n’t I a Woman? categorizes black women in the context of the two dogmas they faced in the antebellum South—the Southern feminine model of the dependent‚ physically inert female‚ and the tougher imagery of tough labor and dehumanization that was experienced daily in the lives of slaves. According to White‚ the slave woman’s character is defined by white society intertwined perilously between these two images.

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    Ar’n’t I a Woman The hardships of slavery were not easy for anyone whether they were male or female. However‚ these experiences of hardships differed greatly among black males and females in the south. Male and female slaves had their own ways of dealing with the depression of slavery by passively or actively resisting against their masters. Also‚ they had different types of work assigned to them usually based on gender and value. Finally‚ they had different sexual experiences on the plantations

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    African American Studies Final Paper The first reading I chose was “A’n’t I a woman” by Soujourner Truth. Soujourner Truth was originally named Isabella Baumfree at birth. Truth was born into slavery on November 26‚ 1883 in New York where she was later freed by the New York State Emancipation Act of 1827. This was written ten years before the Civil war and at this point‚ African Americans began fighting for their freedom. “A’n’t I a Woman?” was first heard during a famous speech given at a women’s

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    For example‚ in her address to the US Women’s Convention‚ “A’n’t I a Woman”‚ Sojourner Truth fights against the axioms used to define “woman.” In her speech she addresses not only what men say women should have‚ but also what women are capable of and then‚ using herself as an example‚ points out that these are not definitions that fit. She calls out that

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    “Aint I a Woman” In “Spfourner Truth‚ Ain’t I a woman” talk about the inequality black people face in American. During her time she faces discriminations as a black woman. In her speech she tells people about the way woman that suffers from their own form of discrimination. She said “woman needs to be helped in carriages lifted over ditches‚ and have the best place everywhere” (1-9). She was describing the way white man and woman treat a black woman during her time

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    Vindication of the Rights of Woman‚ and Sojourner Truth’s acclaimed speech “Ain’t I a Woman?”‚ provides an understanding of the history of feminism and the manner in which they are relevant in a contemporary setting. Each of these texts contributes to the question of “What is a woman?” in regards to the patriarchal past‚ where man establishes himself as the norm and females are depicted as the other. The general conception is that men are the arbitrators of the question “What is a woman?”‚ reasoning that a

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    Aren’t I a Woman? Was written by Sojourner Truth in 1851. The purpose of this speech was to shock people and make them realize the what’s really happening to the black people in America and how the women are being treated in America. There seems to be a lot of talk between people but they fail acknowledge see the true unjust that is going on and worry about trivial matters in the society instead. This why the speech was given‚ to paint a picture that two major groups are being grossly left out of

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