On July 4th, 1776, America was granted their independence from King George. Most importantly during this era,thousands of innocent Africans were being stolen from their own country and housed into a slave ship. After the many days of sailing sea, the new American property was brought to a new world and sold as if they were animals. Andrew S. Bibby (2014) says, "On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass- once called America's most famous fugitive slave- delivered a speech to the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, N.Y. His oration is often considered a radical denunciation of America's political tradition; he characterized the Fourth of July as a hypocritical sham from the point of view of the millions living in the country who were still enslaved" (Bibby, p.1). Frederick wrote about his experiences of being a slave in many of his writings. In "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July", Douglass says, "The freedom gained is yours; and you, therefore, may properly celebrate this anniversary. The Fourth of July is the first great fact in your nation's history- the very ring-bolt in the chain of your yet undeveloped destiny" (Douglass,
On July 4th, 1776, America was granted their independence from King George. Most importantly during this era,thousands of innocent Africans were being stolen from their own country and housed into a slave ship. After the many days of sailing sea, the new American property was brought to a new world and sold as if they were animals. Andrew S. Bibby (2014) says, "On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass- once called America's most famous fugitive slave- delivered a speech to the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, N.Y. His oration is often considered a radical denunciation of America's political tradition; he characterized the Fourth of July as a hypocritical sham from the point of view of the millions living in the country who were still enslaved" (Bibby, p.1). Frederick wrote about his experiences of being a slave in many of his writings. In "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July", Douglass says, "The freedom gained is yours; and you, therefore, may properly celebrate this anniversary. The Fourth of July is the first great fact in your nation's history- the very ring-bolt in the chain of your yet undeveloped destiny" (Douglass,