#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?
