the Southern oppressors. Alfred M. Green‚ while giving a speech in Philadelphia at the beginning of the war‚ urged African American to prepare to enlist. He also spoke subversively about the unfairness of the treatment of African Americans not only in the South but also in the North. Green uses a variety of methods to persuade his fellow African-Americans to prepare for war while also speaking out against the treatment of the African-Am. in the North. Green begins his speech by immediately mentioning
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after the war began in 1861. Although it was not yet permitted for African Americans to fight in the Civil War‚ Alfred M. Green foresaw the validation and encouraged African Americans to prepare for enlistment. Throughout his speech‚ Alfred M. Green points out America’s grandeur‚ acknowledges and refutes the opposition‚ and lastly‚ goes on to appeal to the public’s faith and fear in order to inflame their spirits of joining the Union forces. Alfred M. Green delivers his speech in hopes of persuading
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April 1861‚ the first month of the Civil War‚ Alfred M. Green gave a speech to his fellow African Americans striving to break the “race barrier”. Green’s purpose was persuading the African American to join the Union forces‚ because of their love for their country. He creates a compelling yet passionate tone to convey the idea that races should join through the use of diction and repetition. Green begins his proclamation to his fellow African Americans by acknowledging their importance and
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Alfred M. Green’s speech to the African American group delivered in April 1861 persuades his fellow African Americans to join the North Union forces. Even though African Americans were not allowed to fight for their country during the year of 1861‚ Alfred M. Green uses many powerful strategies in order to get them prepared to fight in this war when the time came. Green uses an abundance rhetorical strategies to argue his message and speak back to counter arguments that his actions he’s encouraging
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They were in full support of the Union army‚ but were not allowed to join the forces yet. Speeches such as the one given by Alfred M. Green inspired African Americans to strive to be enlisted to the ranks of the Union army. The way that Alfred M. Green brings up all the struggles they have faced and the hope for the future is what really makes the speech inspirational. Green does a beautiful job of highlighting the struggles that African Americans have endured‚ but he does not focus too much on the struggles but instead brings them
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the tyrant-free Union side by Alfred M. Green. Their was only a miniscule number of ways to persuade these intelligent men to join and strive for civil equality. Green used a number of techniques to get his point across without sounding laconic. Green used empowering words‚ some historical references‚ and figurative language. Green created an empowering tone whilst presenting his speech. He used certain words to capture the attention of the audience. For example‚ Green repeats “It is true” in the
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against the South. Alfred M Green a black man was opposed to this‚ and he delivered a speech urging his fellow African Americans to enlist for the war and spoke of their harsh treatment in both the north and the south by the white oppressors. In his speech‚ Green uses various methods of persuasion‚ in hopes of persuading the African Americans to enlist for the Union Army‚ but also talks of the struggles. Green’s diction is squandered throughout and is a source of motivation because
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Carson Grainer Mrs. Wargo AP Lang. 13 February‚ 2015 Speaker and activist‚ Alfred Green‚ in his speech‚ Philadelphia in 1861‚ emphasizes that black men need to prepare to enlist into the Union army. Green’s purpose is portrayed through patriotic and tone‚ inclusive language‚ and pathos to call black men up to arms. He adopts an inspiring tone in order to convey his war cry to northern‚ free‚ blacks. Green opens his speech in Philadelphia by emphasizing the patriotic tone that calls free black men
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Alfred Green In his speech‚ Alfred M. Green helped to unite the Union by using various rhetorical devices to help express his three arguments about why African Americans should be allowed to enlist in the Union army. In these arguments‚ Green points out that dwelling on the discrepancies and mistakes of the leaders of the past is not going to help the black community in the future and that they must fight to improve their status in society. Green also comments that African Americans should try to
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Alfred M. Green delivered a speech‚ in Philadelphia in 1861‚ directed towards his fellow African Americans. Now around this era African Americans were not allowed the right to enroll in to the union army. Green wanted to empower his fellow African Americans to enroll by the appeal to powerful words‚ repetition and the use of inclusive language. Green knew the appeal and emotion that can be drawn from using powerfully motivational words; he does this to drag out the patriotisms inside each person
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