▁the ▁name ▁of ▁her ▁speech ▁" A in ' t ▁I ▁a ▁Woman ?" ▁The ▁convention ▁was ▁organized ▁by ▁Hann ah ▁T racy ▁and ▁Frances ▁D ana ▁B ark er ▁G age , ▁who ▁both ▁were ▁present ▁when ▁Tr uth ▁spoke . ▁D ifferent ▁versions ▁of ▁Tr uth ' s ▁words ▁have ▁been ▁recorded , ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁one ▁published ▁a ▁month ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁Anti - S la very ▁Bug le ▁by ▁Rev . ▁Mar ius ▁Robinson , ▁the ▁newspaper ▁owner ▁and ▁editor ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁audience . ▁Robinson ' s ▁rec ount ing ▁of ▁the ▁speech ▁included ▁no ▁instance ▁of ▁the ▁question ▁" A in ' t ▁I ▁a ▁Woman ?" ▁Nor ▁did ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁newsp apers ▁reporting ▁of ▁her ▁speech ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁Tw elve ▁years ▁later , ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 8 6 3 , ▁G age ▁published ▁another , ▁very ▁different , ▁version . ▁In ▁it , ▁Tr uth ' s ▁speech ▁pattern ▁had ▁characteristics ▁of ▁Southern ▁slaves , ▁and ▁the ▁speech ▁was ▁vast ly ▁different ▁than ▁the ▁one ▁Robinson ▁had ▁reported . ▁G age ' s ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁speech ▁became ▁the ▁historic ▁standard ▁version , ▁and ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁" A in ' t ▁I ▁a ▁Woman ?" ▁because ▁that ▁question ▁was ▁repeated ▁four ▁times . ▁It ▁is ▁highly ▁unlikely ▁that ▁Tr uth ' s ▁own ▁speech ▁pattern ▁was ▁Southern ▁in ▁nature , ▁as ▁she ▁was ▁born ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁and ▁she ▁spoke ▁only ▁upper ▁New ▁York ▁State ▁low