Read the excerpt from "ain't i a woman? " a speech given by sojourner truth, a formerly enslaved person, in 1851. 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. if the first woman god ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! and now they is asking to do it, the men better let them. the tone of this speech most expresses a feeling of gratitude. triumph. acceptance. frustration.