...Frederick Douglass was unique among reformers for not only having powerful rhetorical skills and eloquent expression, but personal experience to aid in his calls for reform. Many other reformers did not have personal experience with the subjects of their speeches, so their ability to evoke pain and oppression was limited. Even among those who had experienced oppression, Frederick Douglass still had the most powerful voice. His speech for abolition blends poignant evocations of slave’s suffering, righteous indignation at such suffering, and appeals to audiences Christian sense of justice. Among all of the reformer’s speeches, his The Hypocrisy of American Slavery, had the most powerful and persuasive tone. Dorothea Dix and Horace Mann both...
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