“And Ain’t I a Woman?”, a short, grammatically incorrect statement that carried huge implications! This statement was repeated over and over by Sojourner Truth. Ironically, despite the fact that such grammar would make a person appear to be ignorant, her speech made it blatantly clear to all that women do possess the capacity for high intellect. Sojourner, an emancipated slave, was a black woman of great strength and stature, both mentally and physically. She boldly spoke out at the Women’s Rights Convention of 1851, bravely asking her audience not only for women’s rights, but for equal rights for blacks also. Sojourner systematically listed the strengths that women possess, refuting the men’s claims against equal rights, using sold
