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