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Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 1

Question 5 • NC-English Language Arts 11

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Truth uses her personal experiences as a formerly enslaved woman to challenge the cultural assumption that women are delicate or helpless. She provides a logical case for equality by explaining that she is as physically capable as any man, having performed the same hard labor and endured the same hardships. Furthermore, she makes an emotional appeal by describing her grief as a mother whose children were sold into slavery, showing the immense strength women possess. She also uses her perspective as a woman of faith to cite the importance of women in the Bible and highlights the different treatment and experiences of Black women compared to White women.

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