Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? (1851)

Sojourner Truth, as reported (1851)

These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.

Original wording

“I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!”

Adapted · about grade 4

I have plowed, planted, and gathered crops. No man could do better than me!

Adapted · about grade 7

I have plowed, planted, and harvested, and no man could outdo me!

Adapted · about grade 10

I have ploughed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could surpass me!

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