Frederick Douglass’s intended audience was northern white Christians, especially women, as he wanted to convince them of the damaging effects of slavery on both slaves and slave-owners, and to convince them that slaves were human beings and that slavery must be abolished. To you, where were the most effective places in the book where he proves his thesis to his intended audience?


Reading: http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/dougnarrhp.html