It's not surprising that Douglass fills a speech on "The Church and Prejudice" with plenty of religious language and imagery. Douglass knows he needs to show how ridiculous it is for people who cla...

Douglass is a master of verbal irony (a.k.a. saying one thing and meaning another, a.k.a. sarcasm), and this speech is no exception. In fact, "The Church and Prejudice" is a topic just crying out f...