Frederick Douglas, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”

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“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”

https://www.npr.org/2017/07/05/535624532/what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july-frederick-douglass-revisited

For the assignment, you will need to read the full speech made by Douglas and the article from NPR on the continued relevance of the speech. Once you have finished reading, answer the following questions:
What are Douglass’s objections to celebrating the Fourth of July? What did he mean when he said, “Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us?
Do you agree or disagree with Douglass’s statement that “there is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour”? Explain. What other injustices were going on in the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century that could further justify Douglass’s statement?
In what ways do you think that the speech continues to be relevant today? Explain.

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