Frederick Douglass

                                                    

                                                       Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was a slave who became well known as a leader of human rights after his speech on July 5, 1852. 

On July 5, 1852, he wrote he gave a speech that talked about how African American celebrating freedom. 

                                          

                                          
                                                         Frederick Douglass



Quotes 

• " The fact is, ladies and gentlemen, the distance between this platform and the slave plantation, from which I escaped, is considerable- and the difficulties to be overcome in getting from the latter to the former, are by no means slight."

         Frederick Douglass talks about the he encountered the difficulties and challenging to get from the platform to the slave plantation. 

• "The freedom gained is yours; and you, therefore, may properly celebrate anniversary."

          What he is trying to say in this quote is that the celebration of July 4th is only for American people.  The purpose of celebrating July 4th is to represent the independence as a nation, but this is not. 

• " What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim."

  He means to slaves the 4th of July isn't to celebration of their independent, instead it just reminds what they have been through when they were slaves. 

• "The fugitive Slave Law makes MERCY TO THEM, A CRIMR; and bribes the judge who tries them."

       

          Douglass says that the justice system of U.S is controlled by money. 

• "I, therefore, leave of began, with hope."

    In the end of his speech, Frederick Douglass hopes that America will began to fix their system.