During the 19th century in the United States, several remarkable speakers such as Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and sojourner truth delivered great speeches concerning several issues facing the country. These orators expressed their ideas through oratory with the primary aim of changing America. Moreover, they used powerful words that thrilled their audiences, and their messages appealed to both logic and emotion. The papers aim at analyzing their greatest speeches and how they stand the test of time. Furthermore, it reveals how they are related to the current happenings in America.
Frederick Douglass: The Hypocrisy of American Slavery
Frederick Douglass was a famous and influential African American person in the 18th century. Douglass …show more content…
He led the country during the civil war and paved the way for improving the economy, ending slavery and strengthening the federal government. On March 1861during his first inaugural address, he spoke eloquently concerning slavery which was a thorny issue which could have split the country apart. Lincoln started his speech by assuring the southerners that he would not immediately end slavery but he was against using force while addressing the issue. He, however, emphasized the need of being friends than enemies which mainly meant on stopping slave trade (Yale Law School, …show more content…
During the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio in 1851, she delivered a persuasive speech by rebuking antifeminist arguments that were common during her time. In her statement, he spoke articulately concerning needs to preserve women’s rights, and she became a symbol of influential women in the history. Specifically, Truth addressed some comments by male ministers who argued that women should not be accorded same rights as men. They said that “women are weak, men are intellectually superior to women, Jesus was a man, and our first mother sinned” (Truth & Kennedy,
Frederick Douglass: The Hypocrisy of American Slavery
Frederick Douglass was a famous and influential African American person in the 18th century. Douglass …show more content…
He led the country during the civil war and paved the way for improving the economy, ending slavery and strengthening the federal government. On March 1861during his first inaugural address, he spoke eloquently concerning slavery which was a thorny issue which could have split the country apart. Lincoln started his speech by assuring the southerners that he would not immediately end slavery but he was against using force while addressing the issue. He, however, emphasized the need of being friends than enemies which mainly meant on stopping slave trade (Yale Law School, …show more content…
During the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio in 1851, she delivered a persuasive speech by rebuking antifeminist arguments that were common during her time. In her statement, he spoke articulately concerning needs to preserve women’s rights, and she became a symbol of influential women in the history. Specifically, Truth addressed some comments by male ministers who argued that women should not be accorded same rights as men. They said that “women are weak, men are intellectually superior to women, Jesus was a man, and our first mother sinned” (Truth & Kennedy,