Frederick Douglass is speaking to the people about the great American principles of political freedom and justice which the Declaration gives us. But he then adds that he as a black man does not share these rights. The 4th of July is not a day to rejoice for him the rights shared to us by our fathers are not shared by him and other African Americans. He tries to tell people that they must remember the millions who are still in chains because of American slavery. He goes on to explain how terribly unjust and against the very foundations of the country slavery is. Negroes just want to be looked at as equal to the white race. He says that he will not waste his breath talking about how wrong slavery is because everyone already knows how wrong it is. The Fourth of July to an American slave is a reminder of the injustice and cruelty they experience everyday. This day is a sham, filled with hypocrisy, all of the things Americans celebrate are not true to the slaves. He ends by saying that slavery in the US is the worst abuse in the world.
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