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"What to the slave is the Fourth of July?"
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Lauren Martone 3/24/04 Theories of persuasion Response/Discussion "What to the slave is the Fourth of July?" "What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim." This sentence, among many in Frederick Douglass's speech, demonstrates, through his narrative, the shame of slavery in the United States. His effective use of ethos, pathos and logos along with his proper use of certain standards, made this speech very persuasive and powerful. The effectiveness of his speech began by him giving credit to our "fathers," and all they did to declare independence in the United States. Passage 22 through 24 all discuss what great and brave men our fathers were. "Fellow citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence...
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