"Twelve Years a Slave"

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The paper examines Solomon Northup's "Twelve Years a Slave" and illustrates Northup's approaches to attracting Northern readers. The paper looks at how his rhetorical devices, use of logic, detail and Christian ideas draw in Northern readers and gain him support for the antislavery movement.

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"In Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave, Northup begins his amazing story with a simple and frank tone: "It has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public (17)." This simple approach begins Northup's careful use of rhetoric to appeal to Northern readers. Northup uses a logical approach to his readers by including precise detail and a straightforward tone to add credibility to his story. Northup includes religious diction throughout the piece to appeal to the religious Christians of the North. Northup also appeals to the hearts of his Northern readers by caring over his frankness during his descriptions of events of brutality."

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