Source: Marcus Robinson, “Account of the Women’s Rights Convention,” Anti-Slavery Bugle 6, no. 41(June 21, 1851), 160. One of the most unique and interesting speeches of the Convention was made
Source: Olive Gilbert, ed., Narrative of Sojourner Truth (Boston, 1850), 59-73. . . . She had no trouble now; her every prayer had been answered in every minute particular. She
Freedman’s Village, Va., Nov.17, 1864 DEAR FRIEND, … It was about 8 o’clock A.M., when I called on the president. Upon entering his reception room we found about a dozen
I want to say a few words about this matter. I am a woman’s rights. I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as
