Frederick Douglass made three basics claims. One, that black people are humans and should be treated as such. Two, although white people and black people have different backgrounds, they come from the same origins. Lastly, white people try to separate black people from humanity to support slavery. To support his claims, Douglass uses quotes from secondary sources. Also, he utilizes quotes from primary sources like ancient journals. Douglass’ ethnographic investigation into the claims made by white scientist contributes to the setting and audience because he is talking to the future generations' people of power. The graduates can understand Douglass' claims and take that into account as they proceed into their fields. According to Douglass,
