PieFedSojourner Truth, American abolitionist and women's rights activist, USA, 1864
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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