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ain't I a woman
(THIS CLOSING, OUT CHORUS, MUST SUMMARIZE ALL THE PRECEEDING COLLAGES. THE ACTRESS MUST NOW GRAB THE AUDIENCE AND MAKE THEM PART OF THE CONCLUDING ACTION. SHE MUST DRAW A RESPONSE. 
WE MUST ASSUME THIS SECTION TAKES PALCE IN A TENT, AN ANTI- SLAVERY MEETING IS IN PROGRESS AND SOJURNER TRUTH, WHO HAS BEEN DISTURBED BY A STATEMENT, ENTERS FROM THE AUDIENCE. SHE HAS BEEN A SPECTATOR. SHE IS STRONG, COMMANDING, PROUD, INSISTENT, HEROIC, VITAL, AND CAN WALK THROUGH A STONE WALL. HERE SHE COMES UP THE AISLE. 
SHE COMES UP ON THE STAGE AND WALKS TO THE CENTER WITH GREAT PHYSICAL ENERGY. 
"THAT MAN OVER THERE SAYS WOMEN NEEDS TO BE HELPED INTO CARRAIGES, AND LIFTED OVER DITCHES? (SHE SIMULATES THIS) AND TO HAVE THE BEST PLACE EVERYWHERE!
NOBODY EVER HELPS ME INTO CARRAIGES, OR OVER MUD-PUDDLES, OR GIVES ME ANY BEST PALCE. 
AND AIN'T I A WOMAN?
LOOK AT ME.. LOOK AT MY ARM. (SHE PULLS UP HER SLEVE)
I HAVE PLOUGHED AND PLANTED, AND GATHERED INTO BARNS, AND NO MAN COULD HEAD ME. (MUSIC BEGINS SOFTLY)
AND AIN'T I AM WOMAN? 
I COULD WORK AS MUCH AND EAT AS MUCH AS A MAN- -WHEN I COULD GET IT. AND I COULD BEAR THE LASH AS WELL. (THERE ARE A FEW PROJECTIONS OF THE FIELDS AND THE CRACKING SOUND OF A WHIP)
I HAVE BORNE THIRTEEN CHILDREN, AND HAVE SEEN MOST ALL OF THEM SOLD OFF TO SLAVERY. WHEN I CRIED WITH MY MOTHER'S GRIEF, NONE BUT JESUS HEARD ME. 
AND AIN'T I A WOMAN? 
AIN'T I A WOMAN? 
A MAN OVER THERE SAID THAT WHAT I SAY AIN'T NO MORE TO HIM THAN A FLEA-BITE. WELL I'M GONNA KEEP STRACHIN', CAUSE