The Genre of Abolition Rhetoric and Frederick Douglass' "What to the American Slave is the Fourth of July?"

Author(s) Information

Kelsey Lauren Fisher, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis ObispoFollow

Department - Author 1

Communication Studies Department

Degree Name - Author 1

BA in Communication Studies

Date

6-2011

Primary Advisor

Bernard K. Duffy

Abstract/Summary

In this paper, I identify the critical elements that characterize the genre of abolition rhetoric. Then, I offer Frederick Douglass' speech, "What to the American Slave is the Fourth of July?", as the ideal abolitionist speech.

URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/comssp/66