Dr. Michelle Chresfield

It also is notable because it depended on inaccurate, heavily racist stereotypes. Yeah, it really gains notoriety and really contributes to a particular narrative of Truth that is less sophisticated than the real person. But at the same time, Stowe is hugely credited with furthering Truth's celebrity, right? So this article makes her hugely popular.

It also is notable because it depended on inaccurate, heavily racist stereotypes. Yeah, it really gains notoriety and really contributes to a particular narrative of Truth that is less sophisticated than the real person. But at the same time, Stowe is hugely credited with furthering Truth's celebrity, right? So this article makes her hugely popular.

She's able, from the money sold on the book, to buy her own home, actually. So in addition to the Harriet Beecher Stowe endorsement, the fact that it only cost 25 cents, which apparently at that time, I know nothing is affordable. So the book is flying off the shelves. Right. And allowing her to make this money.

She's able, from the money sold on the book, to buy her own home, actually. So in addition to the Harriet Beecher Stowe endorsement, the fact that it only cost 25 cents, which apparently at that time, I know nothing is affordable. So the book is flying off the shelves. Right. And allowing her to make this money.

Yes. Yes. So she said, you know, in saying this, she's really trying to get him to think that only when God is dead will violence be the answer. So she at the time is very, you know, against violence. She believes that, you know, prayer, faith, faithfulness to God's word is what's going to see African-Americans and slave people through this moment.

Yes. Yes. So she said, you know, in saying this, she's really trying to get him to think that only when God is dead will violence be the answer. So she at the time is very, you know, against violence. She believes that, you know, prayer, faith, faithfulness to God's word is what's going to see African-Americans and slave people through this moment.

And so it's this, again, another example of this ideological tension between these two people.

And so it's this, again, another example of this ideological tension between these two people.

So she has a lot of audiences, but actually the media is very uneven about its coverage of her. So oftentimes she's not mentioned by name in the papers. And so if we're looking at it from the historical record, it's very hard to tell. Yet we also have narratives of people speaking about what a great orator she is.

So she has a lot of audiences, but actually the media is very uneven about its coverage of her. So oftentimes she's not mentioned by name in the papers. And so if we're looking at it from the historical record, it's very hard to tell. Yet we also have narratives of people speaking about what a great orator she is.

And so it's very clear that whenever she is speaking, that she's really, that the audience is raptured by her. She's known for, she sings to them. She has this powerful speaking quality. And she's also really funny and apparently very sarcastic. And so and she's able to really infuse this wit and this humor into her speaking engagements where she's talking about these issues, right?

And so it's very clear that whenever she is speaking, that she's really, that the audience is raptured by her. She's known for, she sings to them. She has this powerful speaking quality. And she's also really funny and apparently very sarcastic. And so and she's able to really infuse this wit and this humor into her speaking engagements where she's talking about these issues, right?

Like, you know, slavery, abolition, women's inequality, right? Very serious things. But she's able to do so in a way that really invites audiences in.

Like, you know, slavery, abolition, women's inequality, right? Very serious things. But she's able to do so in a way that really invites audiences in.

I will also say that I gave this speech as a kid on the news, on the morning news at 6 a.m. So it's very dear to me, but it is a complicated history. So Truth gave this speech, or is purported to have given this speech, at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention that was held in Akron in May 1851.

I will also say that I gave this speech as a kid on the news, on the morning news at 6 a.m. So it's very dear to me, but it is a complicated history. So Truth gave this speech, or is purported to have given this speech, at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention that was held in Akron in May 1851.

And in this speech, we do know that Truth spoke about how she could do as much physical labor as a man, about how Jesus was the Son of God and of a woman, argued very humorously that women were valued in the eyes of God in a way that men were not. She says she's plowed and planted and gathered into barns and no man could heed me. And aren't I a woman?

And in this speech, we do know that Truth spoke about how she could do as much physical labor as a man, about how Jesus was the Son of God and of a woman, argued very humorously that women were valued in the eyes of God in a way that men were not. She says she's plowed and planted and gathered into barns and no man could heed me. And aren't I a woman?

So that's the part of the text that's often attributed to her. The article was written by an organizer of this convention called Frances Dana Gage. It is believed that she writes this directly in response to Stowe's more stereotypical and damaging kind of depiction of truth in that Libyan civil movement.

So that's the part of the text that's often attributed to her. The article was written by an organizer of this convention called Frances Dana Gage. It is believed that she writes this directly in response to Stowe's more stereotypical and damaging kind of depiction of truth in that Libyan civil movement.