Rhetorical Analysis Of Sojourner's Speech

Sojourner evokes emotional connection with her audience through a system of faith. As she makes biblical references and uses biblical language, she relates to the other Christians in her audience. By unifying the audience and herself with religion, she enables the audience to respond positively for the mater of equality. Sojourner starts the speech by addressing the audience as “children,” to evoke a motherly tone and make a [native/ instinctive] human connection between her and the audience. By calling the audience “children,” she equalizes them, ignoring he difference of each individual. Also, the word “children” has a biblical connection that all humans are the children of God, therefore created equal. Sojourner purposefully starts her speech