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That little man... He says women can't have as much rights as men, cause Christ wasn't a… — Sojourner Truth

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That little man... He says women can't have as much rights as men, cause Christ wasn't a woman. Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman. Man had nothing to do with Him.

Sojourner Truth
1851
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Women's rights
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Speech
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1851
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Sojourner Truth
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Current citation
Truth, Sojourner. "Ain't I a Woman?" Great Speeches by African Americans, edited by James Daley. Dover Publications, 2006.
Original citation
Truth, Sojourner. Speech in Ohio. Woman's convention. May 1851, Akron, Ohio, USA.

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