For this discussion, please read the following short essay on the difference in gender among slave narrative writers (CLICK HERE (Links to an external site.)). Citing this author’s examples and her analysis, explain how these differences are products of the broader cultural influences on gender. In other words, use the characteristics of the entrepreneurial manhood (the self-made man) and the cult of true womanhood to explain how Douglass and Jacobs appeal to these gender standards to persuade readers to support the abolitionist cause.
