Slave Is The Fourth Of July Speech Analysis

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Alejandra Morales 4 Pre-Ap English Febraury 15, 2017 “What to the Slave is the 4th of July” Performance Task Abolitionist, speaker, and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass, in his speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” emphazizes the irony that America shows on their Independence Day. Even though Americans celebrates this day with fireworks and happiness, Douglass explains that they do this to disguise their wrongs of their country. He explains that America is ironic every Fourth of July because they declare that this is the country of freedom. However, the citizens of the country completely leave out the fact that slaves were prohibited from liberty, equality, and freedom from their own American ancestors. Due