sha'n't-he

Updated: June 11, 2025

Those who stood in the back ground, after the circle was enlarged, cried out, 'Sing aloud, old woman, we can't hear. Those who held the sceptre of power among them requested that she should make a pulpit of a neighboring wagon. She said, 'If I do, they'll overthrow it. 'No, they sha'n't-he who dares hurt you, we'll knock him down instantly, d-n him, cried the chiefs.

Olive Gilbert - The Narrative of Sojourner Truth