Historical Background/Purpose of Speech Frederick Douglass was a man of great passion and a true activist for slavery and the slaves involved. From the time he was born to the age of 7, Douglass was a slave himself, being whipped and malnurtured by his slave owners (“Frederick Douglass - Father of America’s Civil Rights”). He spent most of the early years of his childhood with his grandparents, and never saw his mother but a few times before she died and never knew his father which was a white man (“Frederick Douglass - Father of America’s Civil Rights”). On the Maryland plantation Douglass witnessed many cruel events happen to the other slaves and had little family to comfort him during his early years (Benson, 459). When Douglass was eight
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While Douglass was in Massachusetts, he read a paper written by William Garrison, that changed his life and was when he was awaken to begin speaking for the Anti-slavery movement. He spoke at a meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society, where Garrison was attending and Douglass speech caught his attention, and Garrison hired him to be an agent for the anti-slavery society (“Frederick Douglass - Father of Civil Rights”). Douglas also became a best selling writer for his book “An American Slave,” and it made it to England where it grew in popularity. Still fearing he would be caught by slave hunters, Douglass moved to England to avoid being sent back to the slave camps. While Douglass was there he made two friends, and they raised enough money to buy Douglass’ freedom, and he returned to America a free man (“Frederick Douglass - Father of Civil Rights”). He began a black newspaper called the “Frederick Douglass Paper,” that inspired many, and helped him to gain international fame. With this newspaper Douglass went on to give thousands of speeches, influencing thousands of black and white Americans to stand against slavery, and persuade …show more content…
Pathos was practiced in his speech by appealing to the Northern’s emotions such as “I rejoice at any movement in the slave States with reference to this system of Slavery”. With this statement Douglass attempts to advise the New Yorkers that the slaves should be free just like them, because everyone deserves to be free in America (“Teaching American History”). With Douglass speaking on the 4th of July the Northerners were already feeling patriotic, so he used that to his advantage with stating, “I never knew what freedom was till I got beyond the limits of the American Eagle,” (“Teaching American History”). Pathos made Douglass’s speech come to life before the New Yorkers, and open their eyes to what slavery is doing in their nation, and what they can do to stop this mistreatment of African slaves. Additionally, imagery was used vastly throughout “Love of God, Love of Man, Love of Country,” by Douglass incorporating many of his key talking points of the speech, with a visual image the audience could see in their mind (“Teaching American History”). With utilizing statements like “Your whole country is one vast hunting ground from Texas to Maine,” and “...there the bondman may be arrested and hurried back to the jaws of Slavery,” imagery is implanted in the minds of the Douglass’ audience, and rectifies that they have wronged the African people (“Teaching American
While Douglass was in Massachusetts, he read a paper written by William Garrison, that changed his life and was when he was awaken to begin speaking for the Anti-slavery movement. He spoke at a meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society, where Garrison was attending and Douglass speech caught his attention, and Garrison hired him to be an agent for the anti-slavery society (“Frederick Douglass - Father of Civil Rights”). Douglas also became a best selling writer for his book “An American Slave,” and it made it to England where it grew in popularity. Still fearing he would be caught by slave hunters, Douglass moved to England to avoid being sent back to the slave camps. While Douglass was there he made two friends, and they raised enough money to buy Douglass’ freedom, and he returned to America a free man (“Frederick Douglass - Father of Civil Rights”). He began a black newspaper called the “Frederick Douglass Paper,” that inspired many, and helped him to gain international fame. With this newspaper Douglass went on to give thousands of speeches, influencing thousands of black and white Americans to stand against slavery, and persuade …show more content…
Pathos was practiced in his speech by appealing to the Northern’s emotions such as “I rejoice at any movement in the slave States with reference to this system of Slavery”. With this statement Douglass attempts to advise the New Yorkers that the slaves should be free just like them, because everyone deserves to be free in America (“Teaching American History”). With Douglass speaking on the 4th of July the Northerners were already feeling patriotic, so he used that to his advantage with stating, “I never knew what freedom was till I got beyond the limits of the American Eagle,” (“Teaching American History”). Pathos made Douglass’s speech come to life before the New Yorkers, and open their eyes to what slavery is doing in their nation, and what they can do to stop this mistreatment of African slaves. Additionally, imagery was used vastly throughout “Love of God, Love of Man, Love of Country,” by Douglass incorporating many of his key talking points of the speech, with a visual image the audience could see in their mind (“Teaching American History”). With utilizing statements like “Your whole country is one vast hunting ground from Texas to Maine,” and “...there the bondman may be arrested and hurried back to the jaws of Slavery,” imagery is implanted in the minds of the Douglass’ audience, and rectifies that they have wronged the African people (“Teaching American