Referring to how she was going to go outside derssed as a man. It is not socially acceptable for a man to be arm in arm with another man. Mr. Fern was also not allowed to treat her like a lady. He should not help her over puddles and such. When they are on their walk. Fanny also realizes that suits are much nicer to wear than a dress or skirt in the rain.

Sojorner is using this phrase repeatedly because she is emphasizing the fact that she is a woman. This is important because she said women can change the world, and she shows she is capable of being a part of that change. Also, she is saying this because she is stressing the fact that she is not treated in the same manner as other women of her time.

This is referring to the law that children have to follow the condition of their mother. Since Truth was a slave, most all 13 of her children were sold into slavery.

Referring to how people (men) overlook African American women. Men would help a white woman into a carriage, over a mud puddle, or give her the best place, but not Sojourner Truth. This speaks strongly because it opens the eyes of women to the fact that not all women are treated the same even if someone is generalizing all women to include African American women.

Referring to Eve. This is significant because she is saying that since the first woman created was able to do something so huge, "Turn the world upside down all alone." Women now should be able to do something big as well, becuase they are just as stong as men.

Although not stated here, it is most likely that Emmer paid Thoreau's taxes, and bailed him out of prison. In this passage, he refers to the fact that he did not go to jail young and emerge as an old gray-headed man, so he did not see any great changes. But, he says that he became more aware of the state when he emerged from prison.

Thoreau is referring to the government as a machine, and the only way to stop it is to add friction. Friction is figurative in this paragraph. He is saying that in order to add friction, you might have to break the law. In the last sentence of this paragraph, he is saying that he DOES NOT in any way support the wrong in which he so adamantly disapproves of.

The Preamble of the constitution: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." It is interesting that Douglass incorporates this Glorious Liberty Document at the end of his speech. I think that he brought this idea in at the very end because he wanted pepople to think about his questions after he was done speaking. Is slavery among the purposes of the preamble? Douglass's whole speech is framed around why July 4th isn't that same for slaves as it is for free white men. In talking about the constitution, he is asking the people, "Why do we still uphold the ideal of slaveholding if your founding fathers did not put that into the constitution?"

Forbearance means showing patience and self-control. It also means to show restraint and tolerance. This is important in this passage because the founding fathers had to demonstrate this quality. They believed that only justice, liberty, and humanity were set in stone. They did not think that slavery and oppression were going to last forever. This concept is what Douglass is emphasizing in this paragraph.

Douglass is comparing the young United States with a river. He is saying this because a nation can change course, just as a river can over time. In this particular case, he is talking about how since the nation is so young, the hope that slavery can be abolished is not such a distant thought. He also says, if the nation were older, then there might be less hope, but since the nation is only 76 years old, there is much growing that can be done. Douglass was right in this assumption because 13 years later, slavery was abolished.