"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?": The History of Frederick Douglass' Searing Independence Day Oration
https://time.com/5614930/frederick-douglass-fourth-of-july/
A TIME Magazine article briefly discussing the background to the text: Douglass's own involvement in the abolitionist movement, the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the lurching steps towards civil war are addressed here.
Frederick Douglass's Vision for a Reborn America
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/frederick-douglass-david-blight-america/600802/
Students may ask themselves what happened in the years after Douglass asked "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"...
