Assignment- Fredrick Douglass “What to the slaves is the Fourth of July”
1) that questions does Douglass ask in his opening paragraph
2) what does he means when he asks, “Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us.”
3) what do you think “Zion” is that Douglass is referring to?
4) What does he mean when he says, "America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself
to be false in the future."
5) What is he attacking in his speech?
6) How does Frederick Douglass prove that slaves are viewed and treated as humans?
7) What types of jobs prove that the slaves are men?
8) In what ways are slaves punished according to Frederick Douglass?
9) How does he employ/use "scorching irony"?
10) how does he answer the central question that is “What to the slaves is your Fourth of July”?