The authors of both “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” and Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” use writing to shed light as well as offer commentary on the institution of slavery. For each text, summarize what the author wants his or her audience to understand about the inherent brutality of slavery and what content or rhetorical choices the author makes to convey this message. Support your response with textual evidence.

We can summarize what the author wants and the rhetorical choices each author makes concerning the two texts as seen further below:When it comes to "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" the author's purpose is to question America's notion of freedom. To do so, Frederick Douglass employs logos, pathos and ethos, that is, he appeals to logic, emotions and credibility. Douglass makes it clear that asking a former slave like himself to make a speech celebrating the Fourth of July is quite ironic, since he and other slaves do not know freedom like white people do.For "Barracoon: The Story of the last 'Black Cargo'" the author's purpose is to inform and enlighten readers on the story of a man, Cudjoe Lewis, one of the very few living survivors of the Atlantic traffic of slaves. Nora Zeale Hurston also makes use of pathos and ethos, relying on Lewis's memories and feelings. We can also say that her use of vernacular is an important rhetorical strategy to make readers feel as if they are talking to Lewis themselves.What is a summary?We can define summary is a shortened version of a text. To summarize a text, all we must do is restate the most important ideas presented in it. The two summaries above briefly recount the most important ideas in "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?", a speech by Frederick Douglass, as well as "Barracoon: The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo'", by Zora Neale Hurston.What are rhetorical choices?Rhetorical choices refer to devices and techniques employed by authors with the purpose of persuading their audience or of making their speeches or texts more enthralling. Some of the most famous and common rhetorical devices are ethos, pathos and logos, which are, respectively, an appeal to ethics and credibility, to feelings or emotions, and to logic or reasoning.Learn more about summaries here:https://brainly.com/question/24393825#SPJ1