This primary source tells us a lot about modern world history. Mainly that people in power, in this case, white Americans, will say that they live in a fair, free and independent world and believe it too because of their ignorance.
The primary document analyzed is in the form of a persuasive speech, created and presented on the Fourth of July, 1852 by the former slave Frederick Douglass. In the speech, he speaks directly to the white Americans and immediately addresses the separation between them at the beginning of the speech. He points out that while they are celebrating their freedom and independence, there people still enslaved in the country. He uses the speech to ask the audience to consider those other people living in America for
