And Arn T I Woman Analysis

When Truth asked “And arn’t I woman?” the law in the United States answered by defining women as white and wealthy. Higginbotham writes “The courts answered this question for slavewomen by ruling them outside the rubric of woman.” Therefore, enslaved women were not considered to be women by law. The law denied them all rights that came with being women, including the rights to their bodies. Truth, who was once enslaved, was also denied ruled out of the rubric of woman. Therefore, when Truth stood up to deliver that speech at the Ohio women`s right convention, she denounced the law that allowed for a convention on the rights of women to be held even though it was not inclusive all women. Truth`s speech is one that also argues for ownership