10/02

The Fourth of July for a slave is completely different to a freed person. I didn't even think about the difference of people around the Fourth of July until I read this passage. It basically said that what we celebrate on Fourth of July is directed only to white people that own land. When he gave this speech to all the abolitionists their reaction was surprise. They weren't expecting him to say what he did, at all. I was surprised at what he said as well. He told them that they shouldn't argue for slaves when they don't know what it's like. I didn't agree with him on this because the fact of the matter is that they were sticking up for slaves and he basically told them to stop.