I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option D. The diction of <span>"What the Black Man Wants" would be best described as formal and scholarly. Hope this answers the question. Have a nice day. Feel free to ask more questions.</span>
Frederick Douglass was a social reformer, abolitionist, writer and former slave. He escaped from slavery in Maryland and became a leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York. This speech was given by Douglass to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in April 1865. It asks for civil rights and justice for black people in a formal and scholarly tone.