Frederick Douglass

Introduction

Frederick Douglass became famous in the mid-1800s as an important person in the abolitionist movement. The active opposition of schooling opportunities for African Americans that were only limited to free Blacks. Douglass was born in a slave in 1818 and escaped to New York in 1838 at the age of 20. On August 12, 1841, Douglass delivered an emotional speech to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, marking the commencement of his career as one of the most famous writers, orators and political leaders in U.S. history, three years after his escape to New York. Douglass championed a number of causes until his death at age 77, through his speeches and writings (Gates, 40).

Discussion

Frederick Douglass was born in Tuckahoe, in Talbot County, Maryland, in February 1818 (Douglass, 19). The narrative about his expertise as a slave and as laboring to endure in the rough world of slavery. Douglass's book is furthermore about how he wise to read and compose, and how he designed to get freedom from slavery. In addition, Douglass clarified in his narrative, is how he sensed about slavery and how other slaves were treated. All through the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, Douglass consistently uses figurative language, syntax, and farthest vigilance to minutia to support his viewpoint on slavery. In supplement to the use of these scholarly methods all through his memoir, Douglass furthermore encompassed the use of repetition and aligned structure heavily. In managing this, Douglass was adept to articulate his factual sentiments in the direction of slavery, and subsequent on construct and elaborate. Hence, Douglass' rhetorical aim of this route was considerably reinforced.

Douglass used the spoken and written word to argue that the purpose of the war must be to end slavery. He also advocated for the rights of Blacks to participate in their fight ...