Sojourner Truth and Booker T. Washington Speech Transcripts

Set of 2 14 X 16 inches Unframed Parchment paper, unique in appearance, with crinkles and aging process characteristics. Please note that the parchment may darken over time. We recommend framing behind UV protective coated glass to avoid this discoloration Made in small batches in Philadelphia, PA Product Description Learn More The National Archives Store is pleased to offer this set of historically significant speeches by Sojourner Truth and Booker T. Washington. Printed in their entirety, the speeches were delivered more than 40 years apart. At the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention held in Akron, Ohio, Sojourner Truth presented what is now recognized as one of the most famous abolitionist and women’s rights speeches in American history. In “Ain’t I A Woman?” She spoke to the “racket” of all the talking about rights, that things were out of kilter with the “negroes of the South, and the women of the North” and that “the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.” On September 18, 189