Frederick Douglass: What to a slave is the Fourth of July?

Warm Up:The Fourth of July is a Holiday Celebrating America's Independence from Britain, how do you celebrate the fourth of July? Answer in complete sentences Frederick Douglass was born in Maryland in 1818, the son of an enslaved woman and her white enslaver. He became widely known after writing his autobiography in 1845, where he described his escape from enslavement. In 1852, he was invited to speak at a July Fourth ceremony in Rochester, New York. The audience was expecting a speech praising America's independence. Instead, Douglass harshly criticized the United States for its support of slavery.What Vocab word do you think best Describes Frederick Douglass? Abolitionist Suffragette Plantation Slaveholder The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence handed down by your fathers is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. 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. Do you mean, citizens, to make fun of me by asking me to speak today? If so, you are repeating history.Which of the following best explains this Paragraph? Independence day should be celebrated by everyone The speaker cannot celebrate independence day The speaker loves America Why does he say: "You may rejoice, I must mourn" answer in complete sentences My subject, then, fellow citizens, is "American Slavery." I speak this day about it from the slave's point of view. Standing here, I identify with the American bondman and make his wrongs mine. I declare, with all my soul, that the character and conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me than on this Fourth of July.Why does the speaker believe the nation never looks blacker than on the Fourth of July? It gets dark really early in July It was probably very cloudy when he was speaking The country celebrates "independence" while many are enslaved Independence day started a war that caused a lot of people to die "Must I try to prove that the slave is a man? That point is accepted already, and nobody doubts it. The slave-holders themselves acknowledge it in their laws and acknowledge it when they punish their slaves. There are 72 crimes in the State of Virginia, which, if committed by a black man carry the punishment of death. A white man will get death for only two of these crimes... The manhood of the slave is accepted. It is admitted in the fact that Southern laws forbid the teaching of the slave to read and write. Point to any similar laws about the [animals]of the field.Which two statements does the speaker make to prove that slaveholders regard slaves as human, even if they claim to treat them as property? They have created laws punishing slaves but there are no laws for punishing animals They allow the slaves to attend church services They have laws that forbid slaves from learning to read but there are no laws to forbid animals to read They do not allow slaves to have families or friends "Do you want me to make the argument that man deserves liberty? That he is the rightful owner of his own body? You have already declared it. Must I argue the wrongfulness of slavery? Is that a question for Americans? Is it to be settled by the rules of logic and debate, as if it were a complicated matter? Is it so hard to understand? How should I argue in front of Americans that men have a natural right to freedom? To do so would seem ridiculous, and insults your intelligence. There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven who does not know that slavery is wrong."Which quote from the Declaration of Independence shows that Americans have already declared that men deserve liberty? " a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation." "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" "that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" The Speaker closes with this final three sentences:"Go search where you will. Roam through all the monarchies and the terrible and oppressive countries of the Old World, travel through South America. When you have found every example of cruel and violent treatment, compare them to what goes on here every day. Then you will say with me that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival."What do you think he means when he says this? American Slavery is worse than any in the history of the world American slaves come from all parts of the world American slavery needs to end American slavery is not as bad as some other places in history Matching Match the quote to what it likely means "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." You guys bring me here to celebrate freedom with you, but you know that there is nothing to celebrate for me. Its like you are trying to mock me. "that the character and conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me than on this Fourth of July." On the fourth of July, Americans celebrate Freedom while knowing millions of slaves in this country do not have theirs. That is a Shame. "There are 72 crimes in the State of Virginia, which, if committed by a black man carry the punishment of death. A white man will get death for only two of these crimes" Many states have laws that punish a black man to death for crimes that would not even bother a white man "How should I argue in front of Americans that men have a natural right to freedom? To do so would seem ridiculous, and insults your intelligence." You all know that men have the natural right to freedom, so I do not need to tell you that. If I wasted my time arguing about freedom it should insult your brains" "travel through South America. When you have found every example of cruel and violent treatment, compare them to what goes on here every day. Then you will say with me that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival" You might think it is just as bad or worse in other parts of the world. I challenge you to visit everywhere in the world at any point in time, present or past. Once you do, you will see that it is worse in America than anywhere else