Here's your opportunity. Give it all you got. Don't think of it because it will come to you if you see Sojourner's face while you recite it. Give her a 21st Century voice. God Bless you.
I do not think Sojourner Truth sounded anything like that. She had a Dutch accent, and this is not the original speech!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was a good speaker.
One day my class was assigned to pick any speech relating to Black History and to recite that speech without looking at the speech/recite it from our head. I was the only one who was uninterested and lazy. I chose almost any speech that was short and easy to remember until I saw this video. She said the words of EXACTLY how I felt in life. That's why I did my speech on Sojourner Truth. I truly respect this woman, right here. :) Now, I hoped someone gave this woman a medal and a cookie because she deserves it, SO MUCH. :)
When she mentioned her 13 children sould into slavery that...omg...words can't described that, so powerful. Such an amazing women such a talent, i only wish i could have heard her voice with her words.
From what I hear her words would have been different. I just watched a video that said a white woman changed her words to blacken them up because he original words were too elegant.
I agree! This is the first time that I have heard this speech and am here because Dave Chapelle mentioned it on his most recent Netflix special. Let’s be honest, Susan B. Anthony didn’t want Sojourner Truth to speech and did so despite what Anthony thought and she was a racist. Today’s Feminist Movement should listen to this speech. I am a Man and agree with this speech.
S.T. actually said : May I say a few words? I want to say a few words about this matter. I am a woman’s rights. (a) I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man. (b) I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that? I have heard much about the sexes being equal; I can carry as much as any man, and can (c) eat as much too, if (d) I can get it. I am as strong as any man that is now. As for intellect, all I can say is, (e) if women have a pint and man a quart - why can’t she have her little pint full? You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much, for we cant take more than our pint’ll hold. The poor men seem to be all in confusion, and dont know what to do. Why children, if you have woman’s rights, give it to her and you will feel better. You will have your own rights, and they wont be so much trouble. I cant read, but I can hear. I have heard the bible and have learned that Eve caused man to sin. Well if woman upset the world, do give her a chance to set it right side up again. The Lady has spoken about Jesus, how he never spurned woman from him, and she was right. When Lazarus died, Mary and Martha came to him with faith and love and besought him to raise their brother. And Jesus wept - and Lazarus came forth. And how came Jesus into the world? (f) Through God who created him and woman who bore him. (g)Man, where is your part? But the women are coming up blessed be God and a few of the men are coming up with them. But man is in a tight place, the poor slave is on him, woman is coming on him, and he is surely between-a hawk and a buzzard....... A racist journalist put out the version in this video.
I absolutely loved her acting. At beginning of this video, I thought that this was Sojourner Truth speaking and then I read the description box. Oh My God! Her acting was so original and pure and I could feel the emotions. I love this so much. Love, Rishitha, India
I must say that with all of the dozens of versions I have listened to and seen over the years THIS by far is the BEST recitation of the poem that seems to bring forth the very spirit of Sojourner Truth - wonderful!
Magnificent! I read about this speech in Angela Davis' book on Women, Race and Class. I got the shivers from just reading the words, but hearing them acted out so wonderfully is beyond words. I cried, I smiled, I laughed. It was wholly evoking.
Anytime I can watch acting and laugh and shed a tear at in less than 5 minutes is amazing acting and more importantly powerful words. I love Ms. Sojourner Truth, God bless her.
When I first saw ***Ain't I A Woman***, I was looking for a poetry book. I found this book with what I thought was poem, on the back of book called ****Ain't I A Woman****and I read it and knew I had to buy it. The poems in the book are about women and it's grand. I was looking for this poem and found this was a speech. This Pat Theriault did a wonderful job of of delivering this speech. It brought tears to my eyes. I'm so glad I found this. Thank-you Sojourner for you gift of Truth.
Tears in my eyes, shivers along my spine. I hope I could have an inch of Sojourner's strength. Very well performed. I can almost see the real Sojourner standing right in front of me. I'd give her a long, standing ovation.
Most people are familiar with the 1863 popular version of Sojourner Truth's famous, “Ain’t I a woman” speech but they have no idea that this popular version, while based off of Sojourner’s original 1851 speech, is not Sojourner's speech and is vastly different from Sojourner’s original 1851 speech. The popular but inaccurate version was written and published in 1863, (12 years after Sojourner gave the "Ain't I a woman" speech), by a white abolitionist named Frances Dana Barker Gage. Curiously, Gage not only changed all of Sojourner’s words but chose to represent Sojourner speaking in a stereotypical 'southern black slave accent', rather than in Sojourner’s distinct upper New York State low-Dutch accent. Frances Gage’s actions were well intended and served the suffrage and women's rights movement at the time; however, by today’s standards of ethical journalism, her actions were a gross misrepresentation of Sojourner Truth’s words and identity. By changing Truth's words and her dialect to that of a stereotypical southern slave, Frances Gage effectively erased Sojourner’s Dutch heritage and her authentic voice. As well as unintentionally adding to the oversimplification of the American slave culture and furthering the eradication of our nations Northern slave history. Frances Gage admitted that her amended version had “given but a faint sketch” of Sojourner's original speech but she felt justified and believed her version stronger and more palatable to the American public then Sojourner's original version. The most authentic version of Sojourner Truth's, "Ain't I a woman," speech was first published in 1851 by Truth's good friend Rev. Marius Robinson in the Anti-Slavery Bugle and was titled, “On Woman’s Rights” and can be found in the Library of Congress. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/ A wonderful web site that compares both speeches side by side is www.Thesojournertruthproject.com I am very proud that The Smithsonian, The National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech.
Fantastic! She is the best performer out of all the others that I've seen on You Tube! I love this speech and I have done it many times in public. Not to sound arrogant, but I must say that after listening to the various performers, who are professionally trained I presume, my performance is much stronger than some of them. I think I come very close to Pat Theriault. However, I learned ways that I can improve from her. So thank you Ms. Theriault and thank you for sharing!
Writing about this in English class and hearing it, even in a reenactment, makes it so much more passionate and deeper... Reading it on paper does it no justice.
I didn't give it a thumbs down because it was beautifully acted, but there may be some thumbs down from viewers who know what Sojourner actually said in her speech and want to get people to look at her speech as it was actually delivered, without the "Ain't I a Woman" part that was made up by a white abolitionist in 1863.
I was assigned for a biography book report. I thought it would be interesting to read about a slave. When I saw Sojourner Truths book I obviously chose her. One of the questions were “what was he/she known for” I looked it up on Google and it didn’t give me much information but when I looked up this and saw this it amazed me . I’m from the US and this shocked me. Finding out she was 105 years old when she died. I have so many questions their is also a question named “If you could meet this person what would you ask him/her”
Hello this is the incorrect “Ain't I a woman speech”’. This speech in this video was actually written by Frances Gage 12 years after the real “Ain’t I a woman speech” was given by Sojourner. Frances Gage, a white abolitionist published her speech and falsely attributed it to Sojourner. The original speech was transcribed 12 years earlier by a reporter, Marius Robinson, and published in the Anti-Slavery Bugle. It can be referenced in the Library of Congress archives. @t If you dig just a little deeper you will see the facts are pretty irrefutable. Here is a link to a site that compares and explains why there are two speeches and why the wrong one is attributed to Sojourner. It is important for many reasons why we re-educate the public about the original and correct speech. For one Sojourner was from upper New York and spoke English with a heavy Dutch accent that is now lost. The speech that Frances Gage wrote and attributes as Sojourner give Sojourner an uneducated southern slave dialect. Why is this important? Because it is another step in the dumbing down of our nations rich and complex black history. Second it was not Sojourner’s identify. Third it helps in erasing our nations northern slave history. I could go on and on. What is important is that we rigorously provide the truth and when wrong take steps to correct them. I am asking you to please correct your mistake in using the wrong “Ain’t I a Woman” speech and at the very least make a mention and provide a video link to the correct one so your students can be aware of both. Thank you so much for your time in reading this long email. It has been very difficult to sway the general public that something held as the truth for so long is not correct and it is time to give Sojourner back her authentic speech and voice. I am very proud that the National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech. Would you please consider doing the same? Thank you so much. Leslie Podell Website that compares and contrasts both speeches and explains why there are two speeches. www.thesojournertruthproject.com Leslie Podell 415-885-9395
Most people are familiar with the 1863 popular version of Sojourner Truth's famous, “Ain’t I a woman” speech but they have no idea that this popular version, while based off of Sojourner’s original 1851 speech, is not Sojourner's speech and is vastly different from Sojourner’s original 1851 speech. The popular but inaccurate version was written and published in 1863, (12 years after Sojourner gave the "Ain't I a woman" speech), by a white abolitionist named Frances Dana Barker Gage. Curiously, Gage not only changed all of Sojourner’s words but chose to represent Sojourner speaking in a stereotypical 'southern black slave accent', rather than in Sojourner’s distinct upper New York State low-Dutch accent. Frances Gage’s actions were well intended and served the suffrage and women's rights movement at the time; however, by today’s standards of ethical journalism, her actions were a gross misrepresentation of Sojourner Truth’s words and identity. By changing Truth's words and her dialect to that of a stereotypical southern slave, Frances Gage effectively erased Sojourner’s Dutch heritage and her authentic voice. As well as unintentionally adding to the oversimplification of the American slave culture and furthering the eradication of our nations Northern slave history. Frances Gage admitted that her amended version had “given but a faint sketch” of Sojourner's original speech but she felt justified and believed her version stronger and more palatable to the American public then Sojourner's original version. The most authentic version of Sojourner Truth's, "Ain't I a woman," speech was first published in 1851 by Truth's good friend Rev. Marius Robinson in the Anti-Slavery Bugle and was titled, “On Woman’s Rights” and can be found in the Library of Congress. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/ A wonderful web site that compares both speeches side by side is www.Thesojournertruthproject.com I am very proud that Rhe Smithsonian, The National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech. Would you please consider doing the same?
Lord I am doing this Ain't I a woman' speech and I wish I had seen this version first. It is so much than the one I chose. Very good job. Mine is going to be good too but I like this one so much better.
Most people are familiar with the 1863 popular version of Sojourner Truth's famous, “Ain’t I a woman” speech but they have no idea that this popular version, while based off of Sojourner’s original 1851 speech, is not Sojourner's speech and is vastly different from Sojourner’s original 1851 speech. The popular but inaccurate version was written and published in 1863, (12 years after Sojourner gave the "Ain't I a woman" speech), by a white abolitionist named Frances Dana Barker Gage. Curiously, Gage not only changed all of Sojourner’s words but chose to represent Sojourner speaking in a stereotypical 'southern black slave accent', rather than in Sojourner’s distinct upper New York State low-Dutch accent. Frances Gage’s actions were well intended and served the suffrage and women's rights movement at the time; however, by today’s standards of ethical journalism, her actions were a gross misrepresentation of Sojourner Truth’s words and identity. By changing Truth's words and her dialect to that of a stereotypical southern slave, Frances Gage effectively erased Sojourner’s Dutch heritage and her authentic voice. As well as unintentionally adding to the oversimplification of the American slave culture and furthering the eradication of our nations Northern slave history. Frances Gage admitted that her amended version had “given but a faint sketch” of Sojourner's original speech but she felt justified and believed her version stronger and more palatable to the American public then Sojourner's original version. The most authentic version of Sojourner Truth's, "Ain't I a woman," speech was first published in 1851 by Truth's good friend Rev. Marius Robinson in the Anti-Slavery Bugle and was titled, “On Woman’s Rights” and can be found in the Library of Congress. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/ A wonderful web site that compares both speeches side by side is www.Thesojournertruthproject.com I am very proud that Rhe Smithsonian, The National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech. Would you please consider doing the same?
Most people are familiar with the 1863 popular version of Sojourner Truth's famous, “Ain’t I a woman” speech but they have no idea that this popular version, while based off of Sojourner’s original 1851 speech, is not Sojourner's speech and is vastly different from Sojourner’s original 1851 speech. The popular but inaccurate version was written and published in 1863, (12 years after Sojourner gave the "Ain't I a woman" speech), by a white abolitionist named Frances Dana Barker Gage. Curiously, Gage not only changed all of Sojourner’s words but chose to represent Sojourner speaking in a stereotypical 'southern black slave accent', rather than in Sojourner’s distinct upper New York State low-Dutch accent. Frances Gage’s actions were well intended and served the suffrage and women's rights movement at the time; however, by today’s standards of ethical journalism, her actions were a gross misrepresentation of Sojourner Truth’s words and identity. By changing Truth's words and her dialect to that of a stereotypical southern slave, Frances Gage effectively erased Sojourner’s Dutch heritage and her authentic voice. As well as unintentionally adding to the oversimplification of the American slave culture and furthering the eradication of our nations Northern slave history. Frances Gage admitted that her amended version had “given but a faint sketch” of Sojourner's original speech but she felt justified and believed her version stronger and more palatable to the American public then Sojourner's original version. The most authentic version of Sojourner Truth's, "Ain't I a woman," speech was first published in 1851 by Truth's good friend Rev. Marius Robinson in the Anti-Slavery Bugle and was titled, “On Woman’s Rights” and can be found in the Library of Congress. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/ A wonderful web site that compares both speeches side by side is www.Thesojournertruthproject.com I am very proud that Rhe Smithsonian, The National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech.
Most people are familiar with the 1863 popular version of Sojourner Truth's famous, “Ain’t I a woman” speech but they have no idea that this popular version, while based off of Sojourner’s original 1851 speech, is not Sojourner's speech and is vastly different from Sojourner’s original 1851 speech. The popular but inaccurate version was written and published in 1863, (12 years after Sojourner gave the "Ain't I a woman" speech), by a white abolitionist named Frances Dana Barker Gage. Curiously, Gage not only changed all of Sojourner’s words but chose to represent Sojourner speaking in a stereotypical 'southern black slave accent', rather than in Sojourner’s distinct upper New York State low-Dutch accent. Frances Gage’s actions were well intended and served the suffrage and women's rights movement at the time; however, by today’s standards of ethical journalism, her actions were a gross misrepresentation of Sojourner Truth’s words and identity. By changing Truth's words and her dialect to that of a stereotypical southern slave, Frances Gage effectively erased Sojourner’s Dutch heritage and her authentic voice. As well as unintentionally adding to the oversimplification of the American slave culture and furthering the eradication of our nations Northern slave history. Frances Gage admitted that her amended version had “given but a faint sketch” of Sojourner's original speech but she felt justified and believed her version stronger and more palatable to the American public then Sojourner's original version. The most authentic version of Sojourner Truth's, "Ain't I a woman," speech was first published in 1851 by Truth's good friend Rev. Marius Robinson in the Anti-Slavery Bugle and was titled, “On Woman’s Rights” and can be found in the Library of Congress. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/ A wonderful web site that compares both speeches side by side is www.Thesojournertruthproject.com I am very proud that Rhe Smithsonian, The National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech. Would you please consider doing the same?
Hello this is the incorrect “Ain't I a woman speech”’. This speech in this video was actually written by Frances Gage 12 years after the real “Ain’t I a woman speech” was given by Sojourner. Frances Gage, a white abolitionist published her speech and falsely attributed it to Sojourner. The original speech was transcribed 12 years earlier by a reporter, Marius Robinson, and published in the Anti-Slavery Bugle. It can be referenced in the Library of Congress archives. @t If you dig just a little deeper you will see the facts are pretty irrefutable. Here is a link to a site that compares and explains why there are two speeches and why the wrong one is attributed to Sojourner. It is important for many reasons why we re-educate the public about the original and correct speech. For one Sojourner was from upper New York and spoke English with a heavy Dutch accent that is now lost. The speech that Frances Gage wrote and attributes as Sojourner give Sojourner an uneducated southern slave dialect. Why is this important? Because it is another step in the dumbing down of our nations rich and complex black history. Second it was not Sojourner’s identify. Third it helps in erasing our nations northern slave history. I could go on and on. What is important is that we rigorously provide the truth and when wrong take steps to correct them. I am asking you to please correct your mistake in using the wrong “Ain’t I a Woman” speech and at the very least make a mention and provide a video link to the correct one so your students can be aware of both. Thank you so much for your time in reading this long email. It has been very difficult to sway the general public that something held as the truth for so long is not correct and it is time to give Sojourner back her authentic speech and voice. I am very proud that the National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech. Would you please consider doing the same? Thank you so much. Leslie Podell Website that compares and contrasts both speeches and explains why there are two speeches. www.thesojournertruthproject.com Leslie Podell 415-885-9395
Good speech, but my only issue is up until about 10 years of age I believe, Sojourner Truth only spoke Dutch. She learned to speak English, but her accent thereafter was a Dutch/northern accent. Not southern.
ksb78....Hello😊Yes I'm fully aware of that. This is the Gage version of 1863. It was written with a Southern dialect. I interpreted it the way it was written. Thank you for the comment.
that is right. and this is the wrong speech. this is a version that done a few years later by a journalist. it persisted in place of the original due to RACISM. here's the original: May I say a few words? I want to say a few words about this matter. I am a woman’s rights. (a) I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man. (b) I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that? I have heard much about the sexes being equal; I can carry as much as any man, and can (c) eat as much too, if (d) I can get it. I am as strong as any man that is now. As for intellect, all I can say is, (e) if women have a pint and man a quart - why can’t she have her little pint full? You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much, for we cant take more than our pint’ll hold. The poor men seem to be all in confusion, and dont know what to do. Why children, if you have woman’s rights, give it to her and you will feel better. You will have your own rights, and they wont be so much trouble. I cant read, but I can hear. I have heard the bible and have learned that Eve caused man to sin. Well if woman upset the world, do give her a chance to set it right side up again. The Lady has spoken about Jesus, how he never spurned woman from him, and she was right. When Lazarus died, Mary and Martha came to him with faith and love and besought him to raise their brother. And Jesus wept - and Lazarus came forth. And how came Jesus into the world? (f) Through God who created him and woman who bore him. (g)Man, where is your part? But the women are coming up blessed be God and a few of the men are coming up with them. But man is in a tight place, the poor slave is on him, woman is coming on him, and he is surely between-a hawk and a buzzard.
@@GnatBread1970 It isn't *exactly* the Gage version, though, is it? In particular, the Gage version doesn't say "the *Negroes* of the South," as every performer of this speech today seems to. It says "niggers." If the purpose is to accurately portray what this great woman - this flesh-and-blood woman, the real historical Sojourner Truth - *actually said* that day in 1851, then why not use the Robinson version? If on the other hand the purpose is to perform the version that inspired a nation in 1863, and has inspired us since, then that too is a valid undertaking. The social influence was true history, part of ours as a nation, even if it deserves a mythbusting clarification of context as well. Also a part of history is that a "well-meaning" white woman, not incidentally one with a somewhat stalling career as a public figure, decided to turn Truth into a minstrel-dialect "black slave" character and made up a speech for her almost entirely out of wholecloth. But again, it was indeed *that* speech that inspired a nation. A complicated legacy that is entirely ours. What I do *not* see the purpose in doing, no offense, is "cleaning up" the Gage speech to create something neither fish nor fowl, having the virtues of neither project. It doesn't tell us what Truth actually said. And it doesn't tell us what this "friendly" white woman actually decided to do in 1863. Both stories need to be told, but this has told *neither* and in fact to the contrary has perpetuated myths about both. I am sometimes shocked that in the current atmosphere the Gage version has been allowed to stand in pride of place. Then I remember that the spirit of our recent times is in fact to erase uncomfortable history, to whitewash and pretend. Under the banner of supposed social justice and sensitivity, the worst whitewashing agendas of all perversely are perpetrated under another name. It serves exactly the contrary purpose it purports to; that is the brilliance of it all. Gage wrote "nigger." That is historical fact. If a performance is not to perform and inform about the words this black woman wrote - but rather to perform the words written by a white woman who used the black woman as a stereotyped mouthpiece for her own words, however noble - then the least one might hope is that it did not whitewash the truth. But that is just me. And it wasn't my performance. And let me be clear that this one was utterly brilliant and inspiring, even if I ultimately disagree with your artistic choices.
Senate: "Do you know what the definition of a woman is?" Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: "I don't know. I'm not a biologist." Sojourner Truth: "Ain't I a woman? Look at me!"
Absolutely love this, she acted it so well it gave me chills. I would love to actually listen to Sojourner Truth when she made the speech.
Here's your opportunity. Give it all you got. Don't think of it because it will come to you if you see Sojourner's face while you recite it. Give her a 21st Century voice. God Bless you.
Gave me chills as well
Jeul geoum
Same same
Google her along with Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Clay and you will see why it should be question mark around her name when it comes to black unity
I do not think Sojourner Truth sounded anything like that. She had a Dutch accent, and this is not the original speech!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was a good speaker.
One day my class was assigned to pick any speech relating to Black History and to recite that speech without looking at the speech/recite it from our head. I was the only one who was uninterested and lazy. I chose almost any speech that was short and easy to remember until I saw this video. She said the words of EXACTLY how I felt in life. That's why I did my speech on Sojourner Truth. I truly respect this woman, right here. :) Now, I hoped someone gave this woman a medal and a cookie because she deserves it, SO MUCH. :)
ahhaha the same here
same
medal? ...............meh cookie? definitely
awww honey. hey. how you doing? i hope you are doing good. i would love to get to know you.
@@shrutishah6008 🤔
When she mentioned her 13 children sould into slavery that...omg...words can't described that, so powerful. Such an amazing women such a talent, i only wish i could have heard her voice with her words.
From what I hear her words would have been different. I just watched a video that said a white woman changed her words to blacken them up because he original words were too elegant.
Every woman in this country needs to hear this today.
I agree! This is the first time that I have heard this speech and am here because Dave Chapelle mentioned it on his most recent Netflix special. Let’s be honest, Susan B. Anthony didn’t want Sojourner Truth to speech and did so despite what Anthony thought and she was a racist. Today’s Feminist Movement should listen to this speech. I am a Man and agree with this speech.
her speech is power.
Shanijanae Ollie it truly is
S.T. actually said : May I say a few words? I want to say a few words about this matter.
I am a woman’s rights.
(a) I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man.
(b) I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that?
I have heard much about the sexes being equal; I can carry as much as any man, and can (c) eat as much too, if (d) I can get it.
I am as strong as any man that is now.
As for intellect, all I can say is, (e) if women have a pint and man a quart - why can’t she have her little pint full?
You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much, for we cant take more than our pint’ll hold.
The poor men seem to be all in confusion, and dont know what to do.
Why children, if you have woman’s rights, give it to her and you will feel better.
You will have your own rights, and they wont be so much trouble.
I cant read, but I can hear.
I have heard the bible and have learned that Eve caused man to sin.
Well if woman upset the world, do give her a chance to set it right side up again.
The Lady has spoken about Jesus, how he never spurned woman from him, and she was right.
When Lazarus died, Mary and Martha came to him with faith and love and besought him to raise their brother.
And Jesus wept - and Lazarus came forth.
And how came Jesus into the world?
(f) Through God who created him and woman who bore him.
(g)Man, where is your part?
But the women are coming up blessed be God and a few of the men are coming up with them.
But man is in a tight place, the poor slave is on him, woman is coming on him, and he is surely between-a hawk and a buzzard....... A racist journalist put out the version in this video.
This is not her speech!
speech 100
I absolutely loved her acting. At beginning of this video, I thought that this was Sojourner Truth speaking and then I read the description box.
Oh My God! Her acting was so original and pure and I could feel the emotions.
I love this so much.
Love,
Rishitha, India
One of the best anti-slavery speeches ever. Tremendous performance by Pat Theriault.
I learned about this speech in women's rights module last semester. I was moved. And I've chosen this as the piece for my speech assignment.
I must say that with all of the dozens of versions I have listened to and seen over the years THIS by far is the BEST recitation of the poem that seems to bring forth the very spirit of Sojourner Truth - wonderful!
Magnificent! I read about this speech in Angela Davis' book on Women, Race and Class. I got the shivers from just reading the words, but hearing them acted out so wonderfully is beyond words. I cried, I smiled, I laughed. It was wholly evoking.
This is crazy! She's an amazing actor!
Maeggan J ....thank you so much!!!
I am hundred percentage ready to bring up this speech in my upcoming competition
I am performing for declamation competition in my school and selected this speech
Really it's amazing
Her way of saying is perfect
Anytime I can watch acting and laugh and shed a tear at in less than 5 minutes is amazing acting and more importantly powerful words.
I love Ms. Sojourner Truth, God bless her.
That part about Christ and how He came from a woman both made me laugh and made me sad that men thought (and still think) so poorly of women
Not all. My son will respect women as much as to respect himself and those around him.
I've seen this 5 times and still get the shivers from it.
This speech gives me chills every single time I listen to it.
Wow this was so encouraging and I picked her to do my assiment on I'm glad
Same
When I first saw ***Ain't I A Woman***, I was looking for a poetry book. I found this book with what I thought was poem, on the back of book called ****Ain't I A Woman****and I read it and knew I had to buy it. The poems in the book are about women and it's grand. I was looking for this poem and found this was a speech. This Pat Theriault did a wonderful job of of delivering this speech. It brought tears to my eyes. I'm so glad I found this. Thank-you Sojourner for you gift of Truth.
Gail Andrews...thank you for the encouraging words!!!
The speech gets better and better every time I hear it
Tears in my eyes, shivers along my spine. I hope I could have an inch of Sojourner's strength. Very well performed. I can almost see the real Sojourner standing right in front of me. I'd give her a long, standing ovation.
The best speech I have ever heard.... Truly Amazing
Oh my, oh my! Wow! I have chills running up my arms! Thank you for bringing us back in time and allowing us to witness such an incredible speech!
This speech has gotten to me every time
Powerful performance. Sojourner must be pleased to hear her!
I love the passion she included!
im 12 years old. currently watching this for an ELA assignment. i never understood how powerful. i love this so much
Most people are familiar with the 1863 popular version of Sojourner Truth's famous, “Ain’t I a woman” speech but they have no idea that this popular version, while based off of Sojourner’s original 1851 speech, is not Sojourner's speech and is vastly different from Sojourner’s original 1851 speech. The popular but inaccurate version was written and published in 1863, (12 years after Sojourner gave the "Ain't I a woman" speech), by a white abolitionist named Frances Dana Barker Gage. Curiously, Gage not only changed all of Sojourner’s words but chose to represent Sojourner speaking in a stereotypical 'southern black slave accent', rather than in Sojourner’s distinct upper New York State low-Dutch accent. Frances Gage’s actions were well intended and served the suffrage and women's rights movement at the time; however, by today’s standards of ethical journalism, her actions were a gross misrepresentation of Sojourner Truth’s words and identity. By changing Truth's words and her dialect to that of a stereotypical southern slave, Frances Gage effectively erased Sojourner’s Dutch heritage and her authentic voice. As well as unintentionally adding to the oversimplification of the American slave culture and furthering the eradication of our nations Northern slave history. Frances Gage admitted that her amended version had “given but a faint sketch” of Sojourner's original speech but she felt justified and believed her version stronger and more palatable to the American public then Sojourner's original version.
The most authentic version of Sojourner Truth's, "Ain't I a woman," speech was first published in 1851 by Truth's good friend Rev. Marius Robinson in the Anti-Slavery Bugle and was titled, “On Woman’s Rights” and can be found in the Library of Congress. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/
A wonderful web site that compares both speeches side by side is www.Thesojournertruthproject.com
I am very proud that The Smithsonian, The National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech.
Thank you so much for sharing this research! Very helpful!!
This hurts to hear. What an amazing speech. I came here from The Alignment Problem. This is an incredible speech that a lot of people should hear.
Thank you so much!!! I'm doing Sojourner Truth for a history project at school, and I'm performing her speech as well. This is very inspirational
I went to Google just to read this speech, for the umpteenth time. But it was truly a delight to see this enactment. Beautiful!
So powerful. Blood chilling in its weight and gravity. thank you.
I GOOGLED IT THE VERY SAME DAY YOU TOLD ME ABOUT IT
THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD
Great delivery of a great thought provoking speech.
Fantastic! She is the best performer out of all the others that I've seen on You Tube! I love this speech and I have done it many times in public. Not to sound arrogant, but I must say that after listening to the various performers, who are professionally trained I presume, my performance is much stronger than some of them. I think I come very close to Pat Theriault. However, I learned ways that I can improve from her. So thank you Ms. Theriault and thank you for sharing!
Maggie Rae....Congratulations on your deliverance of this speech!!! And thank you for your kind comment😊
very touching and very adequate for todays issues.
this is the best performance i've seen and i really love this speech
This is so impactful.......I m gonna act her in the declamation competition.
Wow...just wow, this is just amazing, really well done.
I cried during this.
Fsg
You're horrible then.
i reli love ur expression in each words n i deliver ur speech in grade 6 in elicution contest n got first position ty u for uploading ths video
Tenzin Dekhyi....AWESOME!!!
Writing about this in English class and hearing it, even in a reenactment, makes it so much more passionate and deeper... Reading it on paper does it no justice.
Why would anyone dislike this??? Wow 11 closed minded people. Awesome, powerful...
I didn't give it a thumbs down because it was beautifully acted, but there may be some thumbs down from viewers who know what Sojourner actually said in her speech and want to get people to look at her speech as it was actually delivered, without the "Ain't I a Woman" part that was made up by a white abolitionist in 1863.
She helped all the kids and women and we all love the part were she said ain't I a woman and when she said Jesus 🙏
LOVE LOVE LOVE your speech SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH.
Truly inspiring speech. Really.
Awesome performance Pat Stanley Brock!
in our book it said she was almost six feet tall. Damn, I guess even back then I would still be considered short for a man lol
Straight up chills👏
Sojourner came from North raised with speaking Dutch. "Women and Power" by Mary Bead.
Her speech is everything.
I will never forget when I learned this speeach in history it has a very strong meaning
BRAVO, is right. What a powerful speech!
Great Job! Griot Teaching is my ALL time favorite! I hope she is well.
Wonderful performance for a powerful speech
Preach Sojourner 👏🏽❤️
I was assigned for a biography book report. I thought it would be interesting to read about a slave. When I saw Sojourner Truths book I obviously chose her. One of the questions were “what was he/she known for” I looked it up on Google and it didn’t give me much information but when I looked up this and saw this it amazed me . I’m from the US and this shocked me. Finding out she was 105 years old when she died. I have so many questions their is also a question named “If you could meet this person what would you ask him/her”
Simply the best! ❤
I've read that she was raised in New york and her first language was Dutch why does she have a southern dialect can anyone help with this
Hello this is the incorrect “Ain't I a woman speech”’. This speech in this video was actually written by Frances Gage 12 years after the real “Ain’t I a woman speech” was given by Sojourner. Frances Gage, a white abolitionist published her speech and falsely attributed it to Sojourner.
The original speech was transcribed 12 years earlier by a reporter, Marius Robinson, and published in the Anti-Slavery Bugle. It can be referenced in the Library of Congress archives. @t
If you dig just a little deeper you will see the facts are pretty irrefutable. Here is a link to a site that compares and explains why there are two speeches and why the wrong one is attributed to Sojourner. It is important for many reasons why we re-educate the public about the original and correct speech. For one Sojourner was from upper New York and spoke English with a heavy Dutch accent that is now lost. The speech that Frances Gage wrote and attributes as Sojourner give Sojourner an uneducated southern slave dialect. Why is this important? Because it is another step in the dumbing down of our nations rich and complex black history. Second it was not Sojourner’s identify. Third it helps in erasing our nations northern slave history. I could go on and on. What is important is that we rigorously provide the truth and when wrong take steps to correct them. I am asking you to please correct your mistake in using the wrong “Ain’t I a Woman” speech and at the very least make a mention and provide a video link to the correct one so your students can be aware of both.
Thank you so much for your time in reading this long email. It has been very difficult to sway the general public that something held as the truth for so long is not correct and it is time to give Sojourner back her authentic speech and voice. I am very proud that the National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech. Would you please
consider doing the same?
Thank you so much.
Leslie Podell
Website that compares and contrasts both speeches and explains why there are two speeches.
www.thesojournertruthproject.com
Leslie Podell
415-885-9395
@@lesliepodell1969I had no idea, thanks for this.
I have watched many presentations of this incredible speech, and Ms. Theriault's is by FAR my favorite! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
thank you this helps a lot with social studys
Thx for helping me with my home work
Wow that was sooo amazing
AMAZING!!! BRAVO! BRAVO!
GOD what have we done? What do we do? And no remorse??? Give us Your ❤️ LORD.
this really helped me in my project
This is excellent!!
Most people are familiar with the 1863 popular version of Sojourner Truth's famous, “Ain’t I a woman” speech but they have no idea that this popular version, while based off of Sojourner’s original 1851 speech, is not Sojourner's speech and is vastly different from Sojourner’s original 1851 speech. The popular but inaccurate version was written and published in 1863, (12 years after Sojourner gave the "Ain't I a woman" speech), by a white abolitionist named Frances Dana Barker Gage. Curiously, Gage not only changed all of Sojourner’s words but chose to represent Sojourner speaking in a stereotypical 'southern black slave accent', rather than in Sojourner’s distinct upper New York State low-Dutch accent. Frances Gage’s actions were well intended and served the suffrage and women's rights movement at the time; however, by today’s standards of ethical journalism, her actions were a gross misrepresentation of Sojourner Truth’s words and identity. By changing Truth's words and her dialect to that of a stereotypical southern slave, Frances Gage effectively erased Sojourner’s Dutch heritage and her authentic voice. As well as unintentionally adding to the oversimplification of the American slave culture and furthering the eradication of our nations Northern slave history. Frances Gage admitted that her amended version had “given but a faint sketch” of Sojourner's original speech but she felt justified and believed her version stronger and more palatable to the American public then Sojourner's original version.
The most authentic version of Sojourner Truth's, "Ain't I a woman," speech was first published in 1851 by Truth's good friend Rev. Marius Robinson in the Anti-Slavery Bugle and was titled, “On Woman’s Rights” and can be found in the Library of Congress. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/
A wonderful web site that compares both speeches side by side is www.Thesojournertruthproject.com
I am very proud that Rhe Smithsonian, The National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech. Would you please
consider doing the same?
Lord I am doing this Ain't I a woman' speech and I wish I had seen this version first. It is so much than the one I chose. Very good job. Mine is going to be good too but I like this one so much better.
This mad me cry...such a beautiful job
Awesome, heart touching... thought provoking....
This one speech is enough make anyone speechless....
Nearly a year ago, we had to analyse Sojourner Truth's speech as well as watch this video for our English GCSE retake :)
Most people are familiar with the 1863 popular version of Sojourner Truth's famous, “Ain’t I a woman” speech but they have no idea that this popular version, while based off of Sojourner’s original 1851 speech, is not Sojourner's speech and is vastly different from Sojourner’s original 1851 speech. The popular but inaccurate version was written and published in 1863, (12 years after Sojourner gave the "Ain't I a woman" speech), by a white abolitionist named Frances Dana Barker Gage. Curiously, Gage not only changed all of Sojourner’s words but chose to represent Sojourner speaking in a stereotypical 'southern black slave accent', rather than in Sojourner’s distinct upper New York State low-Dutch accent. Frances Gage’s actions were well intended and served the suffrage and women's rights movement at the time; however, by today’s standards of ethical journalism, her actions were a gross misrepresentation of Sojourner Truth’s words and identity. By changing Truth's words and her dialect to that of a stereotypical southern slave, Frances Gage effectively erased Sojourner’s Dutch heritage and her authentic voice. As well as unintentionally adding to the oversimplification of the American slave culture and furthering the eradication of our nations Northern slave history. Frances Gage admitted that her amended version had “given but a faint sketch” of Sojourner's original speech but she felt justified and believed her version stronger and more palatable to the American public then Sojourner's original version.
The most authentic version of Sojourner Truth's, "Ain't I a woman," speech was first published in 1851 by Truth's good friend Rev. Marius Robinson in the Anti-Slavery Bugle and was titled, “On Woman’s Rights” and can be found in the Library of Congress. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/
A wonderful web site that compares both speeches side by side is www.Thesojournertruthproject.com
I am very proud that Rhe Smithsonian, The National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech. Would you please
consider doing the same?
Woh first time I watched 13 years old video
Stellar Performance!!!
That was so good
Most people are familiar with the 1863 popular version of Sojourner Truth's famous, “Ain’t I a woman” speech but they have no idea that this popular version, while based off of Sojourner’s original 1851 speech, is not Sojourner's speech and is vastly different from Sojourner’s original 1851 speech. The popular but inaccurate version was written and published in 1863, (12 years after Sojourner gave the "Ain't I a woman" speech), by a white abolitionist named Frances Dana Barker Gage. Curiously, Gage not only changed all of Sojourner’s words but chose to represent Sojourner speaking in a stereotypical 'southern black slave accent', rather than in Sojourner’s distinct upper New York State low-Dutch accent. Frances Gage’s actions were well intended and served the suffrage and women's rights movement at the time; however, by today’s standards of ethical journalism, her actions were a gross misrepresentation of Sojourner Truth’s words and identity. By changing Truth's words and her dialect to that of a stereotypical southern slave, Frances Gage effectively erased Sojourner’s Dutch heritage and her authentic voice. As well as unintentionally adding to the oversimplification of the American slave culture and furthering the eradication of our nations Northern slave history. Frances Gage admitted that her amended version had “given but a faint sketch” of Sojourner's original speech but she felt justified and believed her version stronger and more palatable to the American public then Sojourner's original version.
The most authentic version of Sojourner Truth's, "Ain't I a woman," speech was first published in 1851 by Truth's good friend Rev. Marius Robinson in the Anti-Slavery Bugle and was titled, “On Woman’s Rights” and can be found in the Library of Congress. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/
A wonderful web site that compares both speeches side by side is www.Thesojournertruthproject.com
I am very proud that Rhe Smithsonian, The National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech.
Magnificent!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Sojourner would not like seeing how things are today. Some yes but many no. She spoke up and was a very charismatic personality!!
Loved it..Women Deserved More than what they have Now!!!
I like this!!!! This was awesome!!!
Most people are familiar with the 1863 popular version of Sojourner Truth's famous, “Ain’t I a woman” speech but they have no idea that this popular version, while based off of Sojourner’s original 1851 speech, is not Sojourner's speech and is vastly different from Sojourner’s original 1851 speech. The popular but inaccurate version was written and published in 1863, (12 years after Sojourner gave the "Ain't I a woman" speech), by a white abolitionist named Frances Dana Barker Gage. Curiously, Gage not only changed all of Sojourner’s words but chose to represent Sojourner speaking in a stereotypical 'southern black slave accent', rather than in Sojourner’s distinct upper New York State low-Dutch accent. Frances Gage’s actions were well intended and served the suffrage and women's rights movement at the time; however, by today’s standards of ethical journalism, her actions were a gross misrepresentation of Sojourner Truth’s words and identity. By changing Truth's words and her dialect to that of a stereotypical southern slave, Frances Gage effectively erased Sojourner’s Dutch heritage and her authentic voice. As well as unintentionally adding to the oversimplification of the American slave culture and furthering the eradication of our nations Northern slave history. Frances Gage admitted that her amended version had “given but a faint sketch” of Sojourner's original speech but she felt justified and believed her version stronger and more palatable to the American public then Sojourner's original version.
The most authentic version of Sojourner Truth's, "Ain't I a woman," speech was first published in 1851 by Truth's good friend Rev. Marius Robinson in the Anti-Slavery Bugle and was titled, “On Woman’s Rights” and can be found in the Library of Congress. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/
A wonderful web site that compares both speeches side by side is www.Thesojournertruthproject.com
I am very proud that Rhe Smithsonian, The National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech. Would you please
consider doing the same?
OMG...I thought I was in 1851 listening to Sojourner Truth...
Hello this is the incorrect “Ain't I a woman speech”’. This speech in this video was actually written by Frances Gage 12 years after the real “Ain’t I a woman speech” was given by Sojourner. Frances Gage, a white abolitionist published her speech and falsely attributed it to Sojourner.
The original speech was transcribed 12 years earlier by a reporter, Marius Robinson, and published in the Anti-Slavery Bugle. It can be referenced in the Library of Congress archives. @t
If you dig just a little deeper you will see the facts are pretty irrefutable. Here is a link to a site that compares and explains why there are two speeches and why the wrong one is attributed to Sojourner. It is important for many reasons why we re-educate the public about the original and correct speech. For one Sojourner was from upper New York and spoke English with a heavy Dutch accent that is now lost. The speech that Frances Gage wrote and attributes as Sojourner give Sojourner an uneducated southern slave dialect. Why is this important? Because it is another step in the dumbing down of our nations rich and complex black history. Second it was not Sojourner’s identify. Third it helps in erasing our nations northern slave history. I could go on and on. What is important is that we rigorously provide the truth and when wrong take steps to correct them. I am asking you to please correct your mistake in using the wrong “Ain’t I a Woman” speech and at the very least make a mention and provide a video link to the correct one so your students can be aware of both.
Thank you so much for your time in reading this long email. It has been very difficult to sway the general public that something held as the truth for so long is not correct and it is time to give Sojourner back her authentic speech and voice. I am very proud that the National Woman’s History Museum, National Parks Service, Googles Doodle page and Google arts and culture page, Wikipedia and many other sites now offer the correct speech. Would you please
consider doing the same?
Thank you so much.
Leslie Podell
Website that compares and contrasts both speeches and explains why there are two speeches.
www.thesojournertruthproject.com
Leslie Podell
415-885-9395
Powerful.
Ask Rhonnie ...Thank you so much 😀
i really love this speech!!!!
Very moving.🖤☯️
Woooooooow that Was Deep I love this speech!!
amen were did christ come from women
I love you sojourner truth
Well Done Sister, Well done!
Preachhhh
Queen Sojourner
Good speech, but my only issue is up until about 10 years of age I believe, Sojourner Truth only spoke Dutch. She learned to speak English, but her accent thereafter was a Dutch/northern accent. Not southern.
ksb78....Hello😊Yes I'm fully aware of that. This is the Gage version of 1863. It was written with a Southern dialect. I interpreted it the way it was written. Thank you for the comment.
that is right. and this is the wrong speech. this is a version that done a few years later by a journalist. it persisted in place of the original due to RACISM. here's the original: May I say a few words? I want to say a few words about this matter.
I am a woman’s rights.
(a) I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man.
(b) I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that?
I have heard much about the sexes being equal; I can carry as much as any man, and can (c) eat as much too, if (d) I can get it.
I am as strong as any man that is now.
As for intellect, all I can say is, (e) if women have a pint and man a quart - why can’t she have her little pint full?
You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much, for we cant take more than our pint’ll hold.
The poor men seem to be all in confusion, and dont know what to do.
Why children, if you have woman’s rights, give it to her and you will feel better.
You will have your own rights, and they wont be so much trouble.
I cant read, but I can hear.
I have heard the bible and have learned that Eve caused man to sin.
Well if woman upset the world, do give her a chance to set it right side up again.
The Lady has spoken about Jesus, how he never spurned woman from him, and she was right.
When Lazarus died, Mary and Martha came to him with faith and love and besought him to raise their brother.
And Jesus wept - and Lazarus came forth.
And how came Jesus into the world?
(f) Through God who created him and woman who bore him.
(g)Man, where is your part?
But the women are coming up blessed be God and a few of the men are coming up with them.
But man is in a tight place, the poor slave is on him, woman is coming on him, and he is surely between-a hawk and a buzzard.
@@GnatBread1970 It isn't *exactly* the Gage version, though, is it?
In particular, the Gage version doesn't say "the *Negroes* of the South," as every performer of this speech today seems to. It says "niggers."
If the purpose is to accurately portray what this great woman - this flesh-and-blood woman, the real historical Sojourner Truth - *actually said* that day in 1851, then why not use the Robinson version?
If on the other hand the purpose is to perform the version that inspired a nation in 1863, and has inspired us since, then that too is a valid undertaking. The social influence was true history, part of ours as a nation, even if it deserves a mythbusting clarification of context as well. Also a part of history is that a "well-meaning" white woman, not incidentally one with a somewhat stalling career as a public figure, decided to turn Truth into a minstrel-dialect "black slave" character and made up a speech for her almost entirely out of wholecloth. But again, it was indeed *that* speech that inspired a nation. A complicated legacy that is entirely ours.
What I do *not* see the purpose in doing, no offense, is "cleaning up" the Gage speech to create something neither fish nor fowl, having the virtues of neither project. It doesn't tell us what Truth actually said. And it doesn't tell us what this "friendly" white woman actually decided to do in 1863. Both stories need to be told, but this has told *neither* and in fact to the contrary has perpetuated myths about both.
I am sometimes shocked that in the current atmosphere the Gage version has been allowed to stand in pride of place. Then I remember that the spirit of our recent times is in fact to erase uncomfortable history, to whitewash and pretend. Under the banner of supposed social justice and sensitivity, the worst whitewashing agendas of all perversely are perpetrated under another name. It serves exactly the contrary purpose it purports to; that is the brilliance of it all.
Gage wrote "nigger." That is historical fact. If a performance is not to perform and inform about the words this black woman wrote - but rather to perform the words written by a white woman who used the black woman as a stereotyped mouthpiece for her own words, however noble - then the least one might hope is that it did not whitewash the truth.
But that is just me. And it wasn't my performance. And let me be clear that this one was utterly brilliant and inspiring, even if I ultimately disagree with your artistic choices.
Note Pad yes
Elegantly argued! I could not have said it better. Thank you.
wow. that was amazing!
Hallelujah praise the lord amen "AIN'T I A WOMEN?!
That was awesome
thanks for this cause i am doing the same speech and my director wanted me to look at one of these videos...
Senate: "Do you know what the definition of a woman is?"
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: "I don't know. I'm not a biologist."
Sojourner Truth: "Ain't I a woman? Look at me!"
WOW WOW WOW ... so much!!!!!!
I'm going to deliver this speech in our class and I hope I do it very well like she did
it is miserable..
the real speech touches our hearts.
@GnatBread1970 should have a movie starring her in the role of Sojourner Truth only because this video has over 500k views so far. 😮😮😮
powerful, wonderful
Muito bom! Somos todas mulheres negras que lutam pela liberdade!!!
Such a nice speech