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The speaker of this Benjamin Banneker, he was the son of a slave who was also a farmer astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, and author.
Occasion- This letter was written to Thomas Jefferson in 1791 to argue against slavery.
Occasion
Thesis Statement:
This letter was written to Thomas Jefferson in 1791 during a time where many were unsure if slavery had a place in the newly formed United States.
This was a letter written by Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson in 1791.
In Benjamin Bannekers letter to Thomas Jefferson he alludes to outside sources such as the Declaration of Independence and the Bible as well as including phrases of irony in order to advocate for the abolition of slavery in the United States.
Audience
The audience is Thomas Jefferson and the people reading the letter than Banneker worked.
Purpose
The purpose was to bring light to the fact that slavery was not right and it is taking away the rights for African Americans.
Subject
Why slavery should not be legal in the United States
By: Andy M, Maddie J, Ben F
Tone
The tone of this text is sarcastic. Banneker thinks that Jefferson is a hypocrite becuase of his dissaproval for slavery even though he owns slaves himself. Banneker touches upon how Jefferson knows that he sees how bad slavery is but does not do anything about it. He uses the Declaration of Indepedence as a direct example.
Banneker points out the irony between why the United States was founded and the continuation of slavery and alludes to outside sources to support his argument. The United States was formed because of the belief that all men are created equal and deserve certain rights. When the colonists seperated from Great Britain, it was because the colonists belived they were being deprived of the rights that they should have been naturally given. Ironically, many of those in power wanted to keep slavery in the United States. Slavery violates the basic rights of African Americans. African Americans were forced to do manual labor for free and were treated like material objects with no rights to freedom. The Declaration of Indpendence states that all men have the unalienable right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Those rights are taken away under slavery. Banneker also acknowledges that Jefferson dissaproves of slavery despite having owned slaves. He asks Jefferson to imagine the life of enslaved people and to see the clear injustice and irony faced by depriving them of the basic rights listed in the Declaration of Indpendence.