4th July - Independence Day

July 4th stands for freedom of the United States of America from Great Britain; it is the birthday of the nation and of political freedom. Seventy-six years ago, America was a country that was controlled by Great Britain but the founding brothers took a chance and wrote the United States Constitution and freed their country from the control of Great Britain, causing a revolution/ rebellion. Of course people now know that Great Britain was wrong and there is no question about that, but before people did not know if this was so. “Resolved, That these united colonies are, and of right, out to be free and Independent States; that they are absolved from allegiance to the British Crown; and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, dissolved.” American people were freed from Great Britain, so why then did people like Frederick Douglass have to be uneducated slaves that had no opportunities, why did slavery exist in America?

“Washington could not die till he has broken the chains of his slaves” The first United States of American president had done what was wrong in the past, what most would not have agreed on, he freed his slaves. Frederick Douglass explains his view that “all men are created equal” and that humans all together should have the same rights. “There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven, that does not know that slavery is wrong for him” Frederick Douglass explains when a nation acts wrong, their mistakes should be fixed and not just forgotten. For white American citizens, July 4th is a happy day that brought them Independence, but for slaves, it is a grim day that once again reminds all slaves that even tough they are men, they still cannot claim they are free and possess the rights that white men have. “With all the emphasis I can command, everything that serves to perpetuate slavery- the great sin and shame of America” Frederick Douglass explains here that America is committing a wrong doing and it does not want to fix it. The American people are putting themselves down by allowing a great sin like slavery exist. If a white man commits a crime in the state of Virginia, he will only be counted for two crimes, but if a black man does the same deed than he will be counted for seventy-two crimes.

A slave has to work hard everyday without payments and without any freedom whatsoever. Slaves have their own doctors, poets, writers, editors, orators, teachers and many other professions that they can well handle. White people argue that black slaves cannot prove that they can live independently, but Frederick Douglass points out that slaves are also educated and can take care of themselves. “What,