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Article: A SOUL ON FIRE.(Sojourner Truth)
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- Sojourners Magazine
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- September 1, 2001
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This year marks the 150th anniversary of Sojourner Truth's famous "Arn't I A Woman?" speech. What does this preacher, agitator, theologian, and ex-slave have to say to us today?
In 1851, ex-slave Sojourner Truth addressed a convention of white suffragettes and white ministers debating which issue was more important abolition or women's suffrage. In the midst of the squabbling, Sojourner Truth asked a simple question" "Arn't I a woman?" That question, though 150 years old, turned my world upside down. The passage of time has not eroded the relevance and power of her question. Her voice still rings--breaking down walls, changing worlds.
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