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William G. Allen's "Orators and Oratory": Inventional Amalgamation, Pathos, and the Characterization of Violence in African-American Abolitionist Rhetoric

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From: Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Date: 20050101
Author:McClish, Glen

Abstract.

This study explores the rhetoric of African-American educator and abolitionist William Grant Allen through an analysis of "Orators and Oratory," an address delivered to the Dialexian Society of New York Central College. I feature Allen's effort to meld a variety of traditions and approaches to enlist his student audience in the cause of abolition. Further, I take up two related, but distinct components of "Orators and Oratory": the emphasis on appeals to the emotions and the portrayal of violence. More generally, I suggest ways in which Allen's speech serves as a window onto the ...

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