How we cite our quotes: (Sentence)
Quote #1
Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. (1)
Here, Truth was easing the audience in to anticipate that most of her arguments for suffrage would also serve as arguments for abolition. And, oh yeah: she was making fun of all the long-winded speeches that came before her.
Quote #2
Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? (5-6)
Instead of focusing about being denied the right to vote like earlier speeches at the convention, Sojourner was concerned with being treated fairly as a Black woman. She was trying to focus the point that there could be no equality for the female of the species until all women were able to enjoy the same rights.
Instead of focusing about being denied the right to vote like earlier speeches at the convention, Sojourner was concerned with being treated fairly as a Black woman. She was trying to focus the point that there could be no equality for the female of the species until all women were able to enjoy the same rights.
Quote #3
If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full? (18)
This metaphor spells out the inequality between men and women, and between white people and Black people. Truth is basically saying the only reason to deny somebody rights was out of pure spite.