That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man when I could get it and bear the lash as well!Sojourner Truth, "Ain't I A Woman?"Why does Sojourner Truth give examples of her struggles as both a woman and a slave?

A.To establish her credibility with the audience

B.To provide facts about the slaves who were killed

C.To show that woman are as strong as slaves

D.To ask the audience to help her reach freedom

Explanation: Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist. She was born a slave and could escape slavery with her daughter. Moreover, she was the first black woman to win a trial against a white man. Through this trail, she could get her son back. Therefore, in this excerpt, read at the Women's Convention held in Ohio in 1826, Sojourner Truth 's word were reliable because she knew from her own experience how men in general and also , white men ill treated women. Her life was the evidence the audience needed to believe in her argumentation.