Thomas Jefferson Banneker Rhetorical Analysis

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Banneker references Jefferson’s viewpoints with the intention of making Jefferson feel guilty for being indifferent to the struggles of slaves. Banneker uses Jefferson’s personal experience prior to the American Revolution, in which Jefferson was angry at the British since they were trying to “reduce [Americans] to a State of Servitude.” Furthermore, Banneker goes on to say that Jefferson has to admit that “the present freedom and tranquility” that Jefferson enjoys was “mercifully received” and that it is a “pecular blessing of Heaven.” Contrasting Jefferson’s past experience where he faced oppression and the present time where Jefferson is more free than ever, Banneker prompts Jefferson to think about the past and In addition, since Jefferson’s
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