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Frederick Douglass used rhetorical questions to ask both himself and the reader about specific situations in his life. He asked rhetorical questions around the time his grandma's life ended, he asked questions about how there was a God if he was a slave, etc.

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When did Frederick Douglass give his speech?

in 18857


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