The Hypocrisy of American Slavery: The Accusation (Sentences 75-84) Summary

Douglass Has Your Fireworks Right Here

  • Arguments clearly don't work, Douglass says. The nation needs to be shaken up if slavery is ever going to end.
  • The Fourth of July is the worst holiday in the world for slaves, Douglass points out. It's just a reminder of the freedom they don't have.
  • Douglass concludes that nobody can see America's issues more clearly than slaves. From where they're sitting, the United States ranks behind a whole lot of other places as a great nation.