Frederick Douglass: From Slave To Freedom

Frederick Douglass was a slave at one point in his life fortunately he was able to escaped and once he became a freeman, he was known as one of the most influential African American of his time, Douglass main goal after he escaped slavery was to promote freedom for all slaves, he published his first newspaper in Rochester, new York , called The north start it got its name because for run-away slaves they would follow the north star to freedom.
Frederick Douglass was invited to give a speech at an anti-slavery meeting during the fourth of July celebration enlightening the citizens, by what the fourth of July meant for blacks and how they felt during a day that represent freedom for whites and not for blacks.
In “what to the slave is the fourth
of July “Frederick Douglass does a speech speaking on behalf of Africans Americans and the mistreatment that is being taken place with it citizens and government system. Therefore, Douglass effectively uses pathos to shame his crowd and audience on how enslavement is wrong in order to awaken the white Americans on how black should be treated equal and not as objects.