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The tolowing parsage is from an address to Congess declcated his life to ending slevery and fighting for equally The adiess was gives in Jenuary 1067, after the end of the Civil War in it, Douglass aryues that the right to who should be a universal right granted to citrens without regart to the coke of a many thin. His of the day the nego is found in the undiputed fact of his mathood.He is man, and by every by which any man can sustain his right to was the rep can sustain his right equaly. It is plan belongs to my, I belongs to all. The have to rights that others are bound to respect is a doctrie which we must harish as are which I emained I black men have to rights in the eyes or white men, of course the whies can have nore in the eyes of the blacks. The result is a mar of of al proper human relations (2) But suffrage by the repa while easily sustained upon What is the most likely reason that Douglass mentions Charles Summer, Thaddeus Wendell Philips, and Genit Senth in paragraph 3 of the passage? A. Douglass is encounging isteners to trust his by showing that his vews are shared by other respected individuals his argument is sound by descriting in detal the reasoning of ofter well known men. C. Douglass is reminding Inteners of Pe feelings men his angument with that of men who do not shere his reasoning
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The most likely reason Douglass mentions those prominent figures is **A. Douglass is encouraging listeners to trust his argument by showing that his views are shared by other respected individuals.**He's using a persuasive technique akin to an appeal to authority or ethos. By associating his views on suffrage with these well-known and respected figures (who were also abolitionists and advocates for equal rights), Douglass lends credibility to his own arguments. He's subtly suggesting that if these esteemed individuals support these ideas, then his audience should too.