... oratory. He used the story of his slavery to show everyone what it was really like (Huggins 29). "He dramatized the sights, sounds, emotions of how it felt in slavery's chains" (Abdul-Jabbar and Steinberg 88). Even people that were unsupportive to the abolitionist movement changed their views after listening to Douglass (Miller 34). "He was compelled to speak for everyone ... all the claims the abolitionists could make, and he could find there ample illustrations which gave reality and substance to their accusations" (Huggins 18-19). Frederick Douglass's newspaper and writings influence...

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