Read the following passage from douglass's speech:

"the fact is, ladies and gentlemen, the distance between this platform and the slave plantation, from which i escaped, is considerable - and the difficulties to be overcome in getting from the latter to the former, are by no means slight."

how does douglass establish rapport with the audience in this passage?

a. douglass condescends to his audience about having to speak to them on a holiday.

b. douglass illustrates his personal knowledge of the issue of slavery to show that he can be trusted to speak on this topic.

c. douglass points out how little he knows about his audience and the meaning of independence day.

d. douglass demonstrates that he has little knowledge of what it is like to experience the difficult life of a slave.