In this speech Fredrick Douglass discusses what the Fourth of July is to him. "The Fourth of July is yours, not mine." This is a very powerful statement. Douglass is basically saying that the whites have this holiday to celebrate their freedom and independence of the United States, but blacks do not get to be included in this celebration due to their lack of freedom. He expresses how all these citizens are celebrating while he only hears the wails of millions of slaves. Douglass even refers to slavery as "the greatest sin in America."
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