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  1. Sep 2018
    1. "intellect"] That's it, honey. What's that got to do with women's rights or negroes' rights? 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?
      1. Does Truth believe intelligence and rights should be linked?

      2. Explain how Truth's container analogy expresses her belief?

    2. Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it? [member of audience whispers, "intellect"] That's it, honey. What's that got to do with women's rights or negroes' rights?
      1. When Truth says, "they" who is she referring to?
    3. Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what's all this here talking about?
      1. Which two groups is Truth referring to?
      2. What rights are these two groups fighting for?
    4. Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.
      1. How does Truth argue for equal rights in this paragraph?