What to the Slave Is The Fourth Of July? Essay -- Fredereick Douglasss

Frederick Douglasss Fourth of July Speech is the most famous speech delivered by the abolitionist and civil rights advocate Frederick Douglass. It attracted a crowd of between five hundred and six hundred. Douglasss speech to the slaves on the Fourth of July served to show the slaves that in that location is nothing for them to celebrate. They were not free and the independence that the rest of the country celebrated did not apply to them. In his speech he tries to make white deal consider the behavior of black people. Specially their feelings towards a national occasion such as Independence Day. At the time of Douglasss speech the States were actually two different nations, white and black. Two separated nations one had great benefits after the independence and another still fight for basic military man rights. What does the independence means for people who still suffer after it? This question is the most important. In the Declaration of Independence. He is implying that the se rights are not being broad to African Americans. When this country was created it was meant to be a plac...