PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 days agoSojourner Truth, American abolitionist and women's rights activist, USA, 1864media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10
arrow-up174arrow-down1imageSojourner Truth, American abolitionist and women's rights activist, USA, 1864media.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareTomMasz@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoOdd bit of trivia: She was born in the Hudson Valley in NY, and her first language was Dutch. She learned English but spoke with a Dutch accent for the rest of her life.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoAin’t I a woman? was heavily edit by Frances Dana Barker Gage to make Sojourner sound like a southern slave. https://www.thesojournertruthproject.com/compare-the-speeches
Odd bit of trivia: She was born in the Hudson Valley in NY, and her first language was Dutch. She learned English but spoke with a Dutch accent for the rest of her life.
Ain’t I a woman? was heavily edit by Frances Dana Barker Gage to make Sojourner sound like a southern slave. https://www.thesojournertruthproject.com/compare-the-speeches