Frederick Douglass Speech Outline

Brief History and Synopsis of the Speech on 4th of July

Frederick Douglas was dedicated at attending abolitionist meetings on Nantucket Island off the Massachusetts coast. The manner at which the Douglas was able to write and deliver such an eloquent speech cannot go understated. He was born of a slave woman from Maryland, and his father was unknown. During his years as a slave, he was taught how to read and write by his mistress whose husband once declared "helping this boy learn would destroy the best slave in the world." He was able to learn later on his own through reading the Columbian Orator, which provided great invaluable insight on the blasting of slavery, the American Revolution and enlightenment. Later it was known that Douglas did

With a voice of reason, in self-determination which meant that all persons regardless of the color of their skin or nationality were free to decide their own fate. The was no need to oppress and keep in servitude slaves thus Frederick Douglas offered a new declaration which he stated that the independence was closely tied to anti-slavery movement (Duffy & Besel, 2010). Politically he tried to show the audiences that there was a new form of white resistance which was aimed at showing the rest of America that slaves were not capable of good character or mannerisms and that their condition was better of working on the farms other than wandering freely in the name of freedom. He called on slaves to disapprove wrong this notion since he too was living proof that former slaves are capable of all the other things that the white man could

In addition to the slaves, the Fourth of July speech was presented in such a manner that they were meant to open their eyes to a different view point that God was not the answer to everything. If in any case their religious beliefs were less the same as those of their slave masters but this did not prevent them from their cruelty, inhumane and barbaric treatment t directed to them. The brutish treatment which they received under the hands of their masters was not one that the bible agreed with. Thus to change their present condition they had to gain the knowledge of other ideas such as equality, human rights, and