I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when i could get it - and bear the lash as well! and ain’t i a woman? i have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when i cried out with my mother’s grief, none but jesus heard me! â€""ain’t i a woman?," sojourner truth how does truth’s diction affect the way her argument is presented to the audience?