Ain T I A Woman Analysis

In the document "Ain't I a Woman" it was inferred that during the time period of the document African American women were not treated equally to the whites. As a matter of fact, located in the document, the author Sojourner Truth goes to say, “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!” This is quote has such a strong impact on me because I agree. Not only is she black, but she was a woman and in the time period she still couldn’t do many things or have as many privileges as a man had.. The historic document shows that in the 19th century there was a lot racism, and neglected rights toward black men and women. The short …show more content…
She starts to scream "free" and "Free! Body and soul free!". That is when I noticed that she wasn’t sad or upset, but rather happy or overjoyed that her husband because she was free to do what she wanted and live her long life with no restricts. Yet later on in the story she tragically and ironically gets a visit from her undead husband and receives a heart attack. She then dies from the heart attack. What I was able to take away from this story is that in the time period of this story women had more rights now. Louise was saying that she was finally free and could only dream about the days she could have now as a free woman. Both of these stories come from a woman's perspective. The same message comes from both authors of the stories and the documents and that’s that woman wants to have right to be equal or to be "free". In "Ain't I a Woman" the author wants the character to have her rights but she doesn’t. Her tone throughout the document is she is determined for everyone to know that women deserve to do as much as any other person, whether they are a man or white women. Just because you are a white and male doesn’t mean a white female could not do the same thing as