Three such speakers during that time were Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Jacobs. ... These slave narratives were powerful in the abolitionists' effort to spread their antislavery cause. ... " Jacobs' story conveyed pathos, or emotional appeal, as she spoke directly to her readers several times throughout the narrative. ... Finally, Frederick Douglass, one of the most famous black abolitionists and well-known as an eloquent public speaker, made a speech on Independence Day 1952 entitled "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?... Sojourner Truth, Harriet J...

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