Frederick Douglas And Declaration Of Sentiments By Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity” - Nelson Mandela. Since the beginning eras, several injustices have sparked in order to achieve human rights. Human Rights were advocated since the foundings of America until present day. This concept has become a major controversial issue worldwide. The speech, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July” by Frederick Douglass, the newspaper article “For the Cherokee Phoenix Signs of the Times” by Cherokee Phoenix, and the document “Declaration of Sentiments” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton all address the inequity for human rights by contributing effective rhetorical appeals.

Frederick Douglass, an African American slave, is reared privileged because of his advantage of learning

This prominent woman leads the Women’s Movement with Lucretia Mott. Stanton created the famous document, “Declaration of Sentiments” to elicit her pro-feminist stance. In order to do so, Stanton effectively uses the logos rhetorical appeal to emphasize this. For instance, Stanton suggests,“Having deprived her of this right of a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leaving her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppression her on all sides” (lines 38-40). Based on this excerpt, the First Amendment right is referred and is used to justify and strengthen the author’s claim. Moreover, it highlights a crucial principle. The First Amendment right is specifically evoked to depict an equal representation to all, and Stanton objectifies this statement in view of the fact that this is not applied to women. Women are excluded from having any political role in society and, during that time, were “housewives”. This can relate to the sexism involved when a woman has a voice in political debates. Usually prejudice causes women to be seen inferior and less capable than compared to men and that is unjust. Women and men should emphasize their opinions not be unequal due to if one is a feminine or masculine. It is an irrelevance. Stanton’s diction and logos throughout the “Declaration of Sentiments” overall serves as an argument to convey the inequity in the society based on one’s

For instance,“[W]hen the Indian Bill was passed, provision was made that existing treaties should be held sacred” (lines 7-8). This reveals that Native Americans were not gaining the same rights because of a prevention of self-expression. Native Americans were unable to allocate their traditions with liberty. This portrays a pathos appeal because the Native Americans are sentimentally affected due to the fact that they are being alienated and treated inhumanely. Keeping treaties sacred is a sign of disrespect because it engulfs their identity. In reality, it infringes the First Amendment. It can also be related to the music industry. Because certain record labels prioritize the materialistic benefits from a successful music artist they would rather advertise than give any say to the musician committing the entertainment. Thus, it can negatively affect an individual emotionally and illustrates a violation of the human