PathosYeah, this one's gut wrenching.Rhetoric that relies on pathos works by creating an emotional response in the listener. In "The Church and Prejudice," Douglass accomplishes this by co-opting t...

SpeechCan you imagine listening to Douglass give this speech? How much better all those sizzling hot burns he lays down would be if we could hear his voice drip with sarcasm? And what about the sto...

Angry; SarcasticSlavery makes Douglass angry, and you won't like him when he's angry—that is, unless you enjoy a good burn fairly given, which of course, we do. Overall, the tone here is one of a...

Episodic; ColloquialWhile Douglass was self-taught in the skills and forms of classical rhetoric, he doesn't use them here. Instead, Douglass sits us down and tells us some stories. He starts with...

"The Church and Prejudice"Churches have always been a popular target for accusations of hypocrisy—saying one thing and doing another. And, hey: it's hard not to be a little hypocritical when Jesu...

At the South I was a member of the Methodist Church. When I came north, I thought one Sunday I would attend communion, at one of the churches of my denomination, in the town I was staying. The whit...

I used to attend a Methodist church, in which my master was a class leader; he would talk most sanctimoniously about the dear Redeemer, who was sent "to preach deliverance to the captives, and set...

(2) Sea LevelDouglass doesn't pull any punches in making his point. "The Church and Prejudice" consists almost entirely of things Douglass has observed first hand. Your job is to take all these exa...

In-Text ReferencesHistorical and Political ReferencesMethodist Church (1, 41)Biblical References"The kingdom of heaven is like..." (8)Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18 (41)Luke 12:47 (42)

Frederick Douglass inherited Abraham Lincoln's walking stick. If that stick could talk... (Source)On June 19 (Juneteenth), 2013, Frederick Douglass got his own statue in the U.S. Capitol. It's now...