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Roots of (African American) Rhetorical Theory in Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom
- Philosophy & Rhetoric
- Penn State University Press
- Volume 53, Number 1, 2020
- pp. 51-61
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abstract:
This article explores the roots of (African American) rhetorical theory through an examination of Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom. Rhetorical theory in this case is a forcible call for antislavery unity between races that at the same time rejects notions of the body as a racial essence. This essay attempts to make Douglass’s rhetorical theory clear so that we can better understand how the key term functions today.