Sojourner Truth's speech was about how women should be given the same rights as men, such as the right to vote. Frederick Douglass' speech was about how slavery was wrong and that slaves should be given the same freedoms ad white Americans. The speeches are similar in that both are about how groups of people should be given the same rights as others. Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass believed that all people should be treated the same regardless of gender or skin color .
I think that Frederick Douglass' speech was more effective because he gave good examples of how America is treating slaves. He discusses how slaves are being treated as less than animals, yet slaves do everything to survive just like white Americans. Douglass uses things that are going on and makes them seem silly for being done. For example, he talks about how white Americans refer to blacks as animals, yet some states have many laws that are aimed toward blacks, yet there are no laws made for animals. If blacks are animals then why are laws being made for them. Douglass uses rhetorical devices that emphasize his point and gets the audience to think about what he is saying. .
I think that Frederick Douglass' speech was more effective because he gave good examples of how America is treating slaves. He discusses how slaves are being treated as less than animals, yet slaves do everything to survive just like white Americans. Douglass uses things that are going on and makes them seem silly for being done. For example, he talks about how white Americans refer to blacks as animals, yet some states have many laws that are aimed toward blacks, yet there are no laws made for animals. If blacks are animals then why are laws being made for them. Douglass uses rhetorical devices that emphasize his point and gets the audience to think about what he is saying. .