Compare And Contrast Casey And Susan B Anthony

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1a. In the videos “Ain't I a Woman” and The United States of America v. Susan B Anthony, both women expressed their disdain that all people weren’t looked at as equal. Both Susan B Anthony and Sojourner Truth felt like if we are citizens of the USA we should be allowed the same rights as men.
1b. Sojourner Truth’s poem spoke to how an African American women (during slavery) wanted the same rights as the white women that they worked for. Sojourner spoke to how the African American women did the same jobs as men, plus gave birth and raised the children for them to also be sold slaves. She spoke about wanting equal treatment as the white women that the slave owners talked so highly about.Whereas Susan B Anthony’s message was a general statement

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