FREDRICK DOUGLASS - LIFE UP TO HIS 20'S/ETHOS PATHOS AND LOGOS - "WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY"

When was Frederick Douglass born and what was he born into?

Slavery, in the year 1818

What did he live on in his early life and where does he later move?

He lived on a plantation and later moved to baltimore.

Who did he live with in Baltimore?

He lived with the Aulds.

What did he learn how to do there and who taught him how to read?

He learned how to read, and was taught my Ms. Auld, who’s husband said Frederick should not learn how to read.

Why did Frederick Douglass’s master not want him to read?

Because it would let him know about his postition in the world.

What happens after this?

Returns to plantation, gets rented out to a harsh overseer, and is sent back to Baltimore.

What happens when he is sent back to Baltimore?

Works on a shipyard as a……..

What does his job help him learn? What specifically helps him learn this?

His task of freedom,(due to his wages).

What does this lead to?

Him escaping to New York at the age of 20.

What does Frederick do after his escape?

• Become a Orator, and writer

• Wrote (The Liberator)

• Abolitionist

• “What to the Slave is the 4th of July”

RHETORICAL APPEALS

Ethos

• Credibility, trust, experience

EXAMPLE: A doctor in a ad says you should take this certain medication

Pathos

• Emotion, empathy

EXAMPLE: The ducks in the dawn commercial are so cute, and are covered in oil.

Logos

• Logic, Facts, Reason

EXAMPLE: The statistics show that eating more dairy products is good for you.

Is this quote from Frederick Douglass, ethos, pathos, or logos?

“The papers and placards say, that I am to deliver a 4th [of] July oration”

Logos

Is this quote from Frederick Douglass, ethos, pathos, or logos?

“The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me”

Pathos

Is this quote from Frederick Douglass, ethos, pathos, or logos?

“I trust, however, that mine will not be so considered”

Ethos

Is this quote from Frederick Douglass, ethos, pathos, or logos?

“your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless”

Pathos

Is this quote from Frederick Douglass, ethos, pathos, or logos?

“The slaveholders themselves acknowledge it in the enactment of laws for their government”

Logos

Is this quote from Frederick Douglass, ethos, pathos, or logos?

“Standing with God and the crushed and bleeding slave on this occasion. I will in the name of humanity which is outraged, in the name of liberty which is fettered.

Pathos

Is this quote from Frederick Douglass, ethos, pathos, or logos?

“America is false to the past, false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future”

Logos

What was the most important thing Frederick Douglass said during his “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”?

He said that him speaking to them on the fourth of july was a hypocrisy (hypocritical) that they told him to speak about independence but he was not really free