Analysis Of What To The American Slave Is Your Fourth Of July

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Frederick Douglass is the author and deliverer of this eloquent speech entitled, “What To The American Slave Is Your 4th of July?” The way he does not hesitate to inform the crowd of the unjust treatment of slaves reflects his impassioned and expressive tone. No matter how gruesome, Douglass does not bother biting his tongue, or sugar-coating his words. Being a leader in the 19th Century Abolitionist Movement, it is clear that he is frustrated by this 4th of July talk, because this so called “Independence Day” does not mean the same thing to everyone. With great detail and vivid imagery, Douglass accurately depicts what life as a slave was like when he says “to beat them with sticks, to flay their flesh with the lash, to load their limbs with

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