Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?

What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?

From the Series Deconstructing Powerful Speeches
  • Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 6

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." The prophetic words of abolitionist, writer, and social reformer Frederick Douglass live on in his speeches and books of autobiography. This speech, delivered on July 5, 1852 was an address to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society. Douglass grew up enslaved and deprived of rights and liberty and argued that the American values of freedom and liberty for some, but not all, was an injustice to all humans.

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Interest Level Grade 5 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 6
Age Range 10 - 13
Dewey 973.8
Lexile 880L
ATOS Reading Level
Guided Reading Level Z
Subjects Black History, History, Language Arts, Social Studies
Genres Nonfiction
Publisher Crabtree Publishing
Imprint Crabtree Classics
Copyright 2021
Number of Pages 48
Dimensions 8 x 10
Graphics
BISACS JNF007110, JNF007070, JNF029000
Rights Included WORLD
Language English

Author: Rebecca Sjonger