Rhetorical Triangle of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Subject/Exigence: The life story of Frederick Douglass and how his sufferings defined his purpose to be free. Additionally he shares specific details to educate others about the reality of slavery and how he becomes inspired to be an abolitionist.He explains the impact of education on an individual's life along with explaining the barbarity of slavery and the desire to be free.
Audience: Readers of his narrative such as former slaves, slaveholders, Abolitionists, Civil Rights Activists, political leaders, American citizens, and broken individuals. The audiences are made aware of Frederick Douglass’s experiences and hardships, but the details of his escape is still kept a secret. He hides these details from the readers because a few of his audiences include the slaveholders and he doesn't want to alert them. He wants all his fellow slaves to have a greater chance of escaping.
Speaker: Frederick Douglass, an American social reformer, Abolitionist, statesman, runaway slave, promoter of social equality.