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Again, the difference between a "translation" and dialect. This gives me such a hard time. Although the second writer claims to support Sojourner Truth, I feel that her choice to record Truth's words in dialect keeps Truth separate from the white women at this conference. In the introduction, they describe Truth's unusual Dutch accent, but this transcription reads in typical "slave" dialect. I feel that for all they may have claimed to be supportive of her, introduction of another issue was unwelcome at this women's conference, and it was better for these women to keep Truth an outsider.--Stef L. | Again, the difference between a "translation" and dialect. This gives me such a hard time. Although the second writer claims to support Sojourner Truth, I feel that her choice to record Truth's words in dialect keeps Truth separate from the white women at this conference. In the introduction, they describe Truth's unusual Dutch accent, but this transcription reads in typical "slave" dialect. I feel that for all they may have claimed to be supportive of her, introduction of another issue was unwelcome at this women's conference, and it was better for these women to keep Truth an outsider.--Stef L. | ||
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| + | The words from this reading are so powerful. The way Truth declared "I can..." and "I am..." showed the power and strength behind this remarkable woman. She was not simply telling people that women should have rights, she was showing them why. --Grace C | ||
== Isablle Graham and Society for Relief of Poor Widows, 1806 == | == Isablle Graham and Society for Relief of Poor Widows, 1806 == | ||
