Module 2: Section B

Putting it to Use: Frederick Douglass's Speech - What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

For this assignment, you will need to log in to your online HRW Collections textbook. Please return to the classroom Module 2, Section B, Tasks and Assignments folder and follow the HRW Reading: Frederick Douglass's Speech instructions.

As you read Douglass's speech, think about how he answers the questions of what the Fourth of July means to African Americans in 1852. Write down any questions you generate during the reading.

This photograph of Frederick Douglass by Legg, Frank W. is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 558770. Public Domain – Unrestricted. Created: 1 January 1879.