Primary Sources- Famous Speeches: Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July" - Formative Staff | Biblioteka

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Which historical question does this source BEST help to answer?

Did the Abolitionist movement face criticism for its efforts to end slavery?

How did enslaved people perceive the Fourth of July celebrations in the 19th century?

Did Americans believe slavery had economic justifications despite the institution’s cruelty?

What were the effects of this speech on the original audience?

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What reasons did former slave Frederick Douglass use to support his argument against the celebration of the Fourth of July while slavery still existed? Select two correct answers.

He emphasized the differences between the ideals in the Declaration of Independence and slavery in America.

He highlighted that millions of Americans are still enslaved.

He blamed abolitionists for not freeing enslaved people.

He stated that it violated Christian values to celebrate the Fourth of July.

He argued that enslaved people considered the Fourth of July as a symbol of their own liberation and used it to inspire hope for their future freedom.

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Drag each sentence from the text into the correct box to show whether the sentence demonstrated Douglass' perspective towards the institution of slavery or his perspective towards the celebration of American independence.

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.
Is it wrong to keep them ignorant, to beat them with sticks, to strike their flesh with the lash, to put them in chains?
It is admitted in the fact that Southern laws forbid the teaching of the slave to read and write.
What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?
To drag a man in chains into the grand temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in happy song, is inhuman mockery.

Douglass' perspective on the institution of slavery
Douglass' perspective on the celebration of American independence

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