Question

Why are there two versions of sojourners speech?

Answer 1

Answer:

There are two version of Sojourner Truth speech because the popular speech "Ain't i a woman" was first published twelve years after the speech itself by Frances Gage in 1863. while the second version was published a month after the speech was given in the 'Anti-Slavery Bugle' by Rev, Marius Robinson.

Explanation:

Sojourner Truth is one of the most powerful advocates of human right in the nineteenth century. she was born into slavery in the year 1797. After changing her name from Isabella Baumfree to Sojorner Truth, she became involved in the anti-slavery movement and the women's right movement.

Sojourner Truth made her famous speech "Ain't i a woman" at the women's right convention in Akron, Ohio in the year 1851. She advocates for the rights of women and African-Americans.