#1. Why does Stuart say that free African American women in the North were only slightly better off than slaves?

#2. Stewart refers to liberty rhetoric in the speech. who does she say that African Americans are following?

#3 How does she liken the fight of African Americans to those of the Pilgrims?

Analyzing “Ain’t I a Women”

#1 How does Sojourner identify herself?

#2 What words does she use to point out to white men the hypocrisy of how they treat white women as opposed to how she has been treated?

#3 What words does she use to draw a picture of her equality to men?

#4 Why do you think that she refers to her audience as children?

#5 What biblical reference does she use? what do you think is the meaning behind her reference?

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