History

Emery Lynch

23 September, 09:02

Read what Frederick Douglass said about Fourth

of July celebrations, and then answer the

question

According to Douglass, what should Americans

think about while they celebrate their

independence?

Fellow citizens, above your national,

tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of

millions, whose chains [are] heavy and

grievous ... To forget them ... would be

treason most scandalous and shocking.

-Frederick Douglass,

July 4, 1852

the millions of enslaved people who are not

yet free

those who betrayed the country by

committing treason

the people who died fighting for

independence