American Literature / Unit 9 AML 0819 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Speech, the Versions, and the Record
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The idea
Truth's speech survives only in others' transcriptions, and they differ: an early report by a journalist present and a later, more famous version written down twelve years afterward with a refrain and a dialect she probably did not speak. The course names the problem rather than choosing.
In practice
Two transcripts, taken years apart.
Where people slip
The famous refrain belongs to the later version.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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