This essay gives insight into the importance of education and self-identity as demonstrated through the lives and works of Maria W. Stewart, Sarah Grimke and Frederick Douglass, and illustrates the shift from antebellum to modem ideologies. Firstly, I will address the value and importance of education to these orators and their struggle to inform the public of the significance of being educated. Secondly, I will discuss the role of knowledge in developing self identity in the case of Stewart, Grimke and Douglass, showing the shift in their lives and the language used in their works from the bonds of mental darkness to the freedom of their enlightenment. Lastly, I will relate how these orators' works are essential to contemporary classrooms. The breakdown of my chapters will be as follows: Chapter 1---Introduction, Chapter 2---Antebellum Education; Chapter 3---Antebellum Self Identity; Chapter 4---Modern Education and Chapter 5---Conclusion.
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