The Life of Frederick Douglass

Closely analyze the rhetorical techniques used by Frederick Douglass in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (327-41) and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (375-95). Specifically, compare and contrast the ways in which Douglass and King appeal to pathos, ethos, and/or logos in their texts to help persuade their intended audiences that their government’s laws concerning slavery (for Douglass) and segregation (for King) are unethical’? In your opinion, which text provides a more persuasive representation of the injustices committed in this nation’s history? Explain your answer