Sojourner Truth

“ We are fighting for the Union, we are fighting for the law;
We can shoot a rebel farther than a white man ever saw,
As we go marching on.
Chorus.--
Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah, as we go marching on.
Look there above the center, where the flag is waving bright;
We are going out of slavery, we are bound for freedom's light;
We mean to show Jeff Davis how the Africans can fight,
As we go marching on.--Chorus.
We are done with hoeing cotton, we are done with hoeing corn;
We are colored Yankee soldiers as sure as you are born. ”

“ I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that? I have heard much about the sexes being equal; I can carry as much as any man, and can eat as much too, if I can get it. I am as strong as any man that is now. ”

“ As for intellect, all I can say is, if women have a pint and man a quart — why can’t she have her little pint full?
You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much, — for we can't take more than our pint’ll hold. The poor men seem to be all in confusion, and don't know what to do. Why children, if you have woman’s rights, give it to her and you will feel better. You will have your own rights, and they won't be so much trouble.
I can't read, but I can hear. I have heard the bible and have learned that Eve caused man to sin. ”