Dr. Michelle Chresfield

And so Gage here is making a specific point about the intersection of a kind of women's ideology or political orientation in that of a kind of black pride or kind of black ideology. Right. She's trying to bring these things together that you can be both black and woman. She does so in adopting a dialect that was not truth.

And so Gage here is making a specific point about the intersection of a kind of women's ideology or political orientation in that of a kind of black pride or kind of black ideology. Right. She's trying to bring these things together that you can be both black and woman. She does so in adopting a dialect that was not truth.

Much of the kind of practice of the time for particularly writers who are trying to elevate the abolitionist cause. is that they're translating the kind of oratory of enslaved or formerly enslaved people into broken dialect. And it's offensive, right? Particularly to our kind of modern ear. It's also inaccurate. That's not how Truth spoke. We've made it clear today, right?

Much of the kind of practice of the time for particularly writers who are trying to elevate the abolitionist cause. is that they're translating the kind of oratory of enslaved or formerly enslaved people into broken dialect. And it's offensive, right? Particularly to our kind of modern ear. It's also inaccurate. That's not how Truth spoke. We've made it clear today, right?

She was of Dutch heritage, right? She had a Dutch accent and spoke like many people in her region. In one line, then that little man in black dar, he say woman can't have as much right as man. That would not have been the speech.

She was of Dutch heritage, right? She had a Dutch accent and spoke like many people in her region. In one line, then that little man in black dar, he say woman can't have as much right as man. That would not have been the speech.

Yeah, so she becomes a huge figure in terms of trying to galvanize support amongst black Americans, particularly to the union cause. And so she works very hard to recruit black men into the union army. Her grandson, right, also enlists. And so that's a huge moment. And she speaks with President Abraham Lincoln online. about what is to come for Black Americans.

Yeah, so she becomes a huge figure in terms of trying to galvanize support amongst black Americans, particularly to the union cause. And so she works very hard to recruit black men into the union army. Her grandson, right, also enlists. And so that's a huge moment. And she speaks with President Abraham Lincoln online. about what is to come for Black Americans.

And she comes to really support the war. She sees it as necessary, as religiously, morally necessary for the country. And she becomes really interested in what's going to happen for people after the war. But in terms of her work for the Union Army in particular, she's collecting food for troops. She's using her photographs to bring awareness to the war cause.

And she comes to really support the war. She sees it as necessary, as religiously, morally necessary for the country. And she becomes really interested in what's going to happen for people after the war. But in terms of her work for the Union Army in particular, she's collecting food for troops. She's using her photographs to bring awareness to the war cause.

and really trying to popularize the notion that this is an important endeavor for black Americans to be engaged in.

and really trying to popularize the notion that this is an important endeavor for black Americans to be engaged in.

Yeah, there are conflicting accounts here. Yeah, thank you very much for that. So Truth would describe Lincoln as amenable and someone who greeted her as an equal. But she would attend this meeting with her friend and colleague, Lucy Coleman, who would later describe Lincoln as tense when he met Truth. And Coleman alleges that Lincoln actually addresses her, Truth, as he would a washerwoman.

Yeah, there are conflicting accounts here. Yeah, thank you very much for that. So Truth would describe Lincoln as amenable and someone who greeted her as an equal. But she would attend this meeting with her friend and colleague, Lucy Coleman, who would later describe Lincoln as tense when he met Truth. And Coleman alleges that Lincoln actually addresses her, Truth, as he would a washerwoman.

And so as actually not recognizing Truth's stature and importance.

And so as actually not recognizing Truth's stature and importance.

Yes and no. So she becomes really part of these circles, right? So she is with leading women's rights and suffrage figures. So in 1872, she joined Susan B. Anthony in trying to vote in a presidential election. She's turned away. She's touring New York State. And by this time, you know, in 1870, she's in her 70s and she's lecturing daily, sometimes twice a day. She participates in

Yes and no. So she becomes really part of these circles, right? So she is with leading women's rights and suffrage figures. So in 1872, she joined Susan B. Anthony in trying to vote in a presidential election. She's turned away. She's touring New York State. And by this time, you know, in 1870, she's in her 70s and she's lecturing daily, sometimes twice a day. She participates in

in efforts to try to get land for Black Americans, even though that's never really kind of supported by Congress. So she's really has and is developing grand political ambitions, right, well into her later years, and really has what, you know, we will know to be really powerful interlocutors.

in efforts to try to get land for Black Americans, even though that's never really kind of supported by Congress. So she's really has and is developing grand political ambitions, right, well into her later years, and really has what, you know, we will know to be really powerful interlocutors.