https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b After your close reading + responses to the questions, please write a brief but thoughtful 2-3 sentence SUMMARY of the main ideas of Frederick Douglass' 1852 speech. Post your summary on the Padlet, along with a SYMBOL that best represents the essence or main idea of the speech. Please add your name to your post! en-us 2020-10-19 12:52:28 UTC 2023-01-27 13:20:24 UTC hello@padlet.com mobrien58 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840814486 Write a succinct but thoughtful summary of Douglass' meaning in his speech. 

To add your symbol, you can click the camera icon and add a photo of your work that way, or you can use the upload arrow to attach a file of your symbol.]]> 2020-10-19 12:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840814486 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840929617 In Fredrick Douglass' speech about the 4th of July, he explains why the 4th of July means nothing to enslaved African Americans. He goes on to then call out America and more specifically white people for their injustices, Douglass sheds light on the hypocrisy of the 4th of July. Douglass wanted to emphasize to white people, that they celebrate and boast about freedom but then are silent when it comes to black people that are still enslaved.

]]> 2020-10-19 13:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840929617 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840932498 The meaning of Fredrick Douglass' is that he was not free. he was a slave yet people on the 4th of July are celebrating freedom. He feels that this is unfair to the men and women whom are still enslaved in America and aren't free.]]> 2020-10-19 13:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840932498 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840933404 In Frederick Douglass' speech named "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?", he explains how this holiday should not be honored as something memorable. He also says how America has not treated their people right, such as slaves, and  what this holiday truly means to the people. There is honor and independence on the Fourth of July, but why? Frederick Douglass wonders why America has not lived up to its expectations and has shown the people their bad actions. Overall, he talks about there not being equality among the people. People need to be able to speak up about the unfair struggles going on, such as white supremacy. ]]> 2020-10-19 13:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840933404 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840936990 The Fourth of July only meant the freedom for white Americans, specifically white men. This didn't include African Americans because they were never free on this day. They say the Fourth of July is the celebration for all American freedom, but it is not. America still had slaves, women were owned, and in general non white people were treated as foreigners. As those people celebrate this holiday, the African Americans have to mourn. They have to live in fear.]]> 2020-10-19 13:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840936990 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840948572 In Douglass' speech, his main discussion points involved the fact that the Fourth of July was a day to celebrate America's freedom and rights that were given to them from Britain, who they had been under control of, until now. He points out that the Fourth of July is not a holiday that everyone can celebrate. It's a holiday for the free, white American citizens. The black community does not claim this holiday, because they know they are still not free and they do not have the same rights as everyone else living in the country at this time. ]]> 2020-10-19 13:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840948572 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840969492 In Douglas's speech he talks about the Fourth of July and how he can not celebrate the day and be happy on that day because it is a day of freedom and he is not free and many other slaves are not free. Also how America says how they celebrate equal rights and freedom to all and within the country they are not giving their people equal treatment and laws and freedom. ]]> 2020-10-19 13:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840969492 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840970179 Fredrick Douglass' speech was about how America is hypocritical to celebrate how "free" and independent they are, when they are enslaving African Americans in the same country. Also, it is about how Fredrick Douglass feels that the Fourth of July is not his holiday because he is still not free. ]]> 2020-10-19 13:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840970179 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840973008 In Fredrick Douglass' speech he illustrates to the white people how he truly feels about the celebration of Fourth of July. He explains how he does not feel the holiday can be celebrated by every American. He says the holiday is one that has an untrue meaning, because there are people enslaved in America still. The end of the oppression by Britain was one the Americans escaped, though they keep their own enslaved in America.

]]> 2020-10-19 13:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840973008 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840976036 In Frederick Douglass' speech, he explains how him and other slaves do not recognize America's holidays and do not feel like it is their country, or a group of people they are apart of. He also goes on to talk about the hypocrisy of the Fourth of July being about independence when millions of slaves don't have it. He talks about how people need to realize how terrible America towards slaves and how America seems so good on the outside, but is not nearly as good when you take a deeper look into it.]]> 2020-10-19 13:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840976036 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840978362 In Fredrick Douglass' 1852 speech he highlights the unfair treatment of those who are/were enslaved. He calls out the Fourth of July and the whole meaning of that day and explains that it is really just a holiday for white people and a hypocritical day at that. Celebrating the Independence and freedom of a nation is wrong when people within that nation are not free. ]]> 2020-10-19 13:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840978362 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840984354 2020-10-19 13:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840984354 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840988236 Fredrick Douglass' speech was to shine light on issues of those who have be absolved of their voice to share these internalized thoughts and feelings. He showed how the Fourth of July has a connotation of hypocrisy due to the fact that ones who are celebrating and rejoicing in freedom are the one's absolving freedoms from others. ]]> 2020-10-19 13:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840988236 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840994657 The main idea that I saw was that Fredrick Douglass was describing the hypocrisy in the idea of Fourth of July and what the Americans were pledging. He was explaining that they had no truth in the idea that happiness, liberty and freedom were for all because they still had slaves who had nothing. They disregarded the way they were treating the African Americans even though what they are celebrating was the long fight they had to go through just to get away from the British reign.]]> 2020-10-19 13:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840994657 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840997086 Frederick Douglass' speech was about how The Fourth of July doesn't mean anything to the African Americans who were enslaved. He continues to talk about the Fourth of July being something not every American can celebrate. He states that how can you celebrate the independence of a country when everyone is not free. ]]> 2020-10-19 13:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/840997086 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/841027382 In Fredrick Douglass' speech, he talks about how we should have been mourning and praying for the African Americans who were still enslaved, instead of celebrating the rest of us that were actually free. He talks about how the Fourth of July, is not an event that everyone wants to celebrate. He says that people should not have been celebrating freedom in the country, when not everyone has independence or freedom yet. 

]]> 2020-10-19 13:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/841027382 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/841063390 Douglass' speech was about how hypocritical the Fourth of July was, and how hard it was for enslaved people. Americans talked about how kind and fair their country was, and they celebrated there freedom while the slaves watched while being treated very unfairly and with no freedom. The country took in refugees, while a seventh of he population was in need of saving but no one helped them. One symbol that represents Douglass' speech is the Constitution. The Constitution is all about how equal America is, so this is the symbol because it is very hypocritical. ]]> 2020-10-19 13:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/841063390 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/842167796 Fredrick Douglass' speech was about equality and how Americans did not uphold the rights that were stated in the Declaration. He also talks about the 4th of July and what it represents for the different groups of people. Fredrick Douglass wanted to try and make the people of America understand how the slaves during this time felt and encourage them to right their wrongs.]]> 2020-10-19 17:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/842167796 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/842331240 Douglass's speech was about how he wanted the country to be free, and he thought that the community should have their peace and justice. Douglass also believed that he should mourn, meaning suffer, and not be part of the Fourth of July. He wanted to save everyone from slavery, and make this a free country.

]]> 2020-10-19 18:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/842331240 https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/843140112 Fredrick Douglass' speech was about the hypocrisy that was present in the words found in the Declaration of Independence and also what the 4th of July represented and meant for slaves/former slaves. He talks about how what was said in historical documents wasn't an accurate representation of the world they lived in. It was trying to make the injustices and violation/degradation of rights and dignity clear and hopefully encourage/spark change. ]]> 2020-10-20 00:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mobrien58/9p87b287q489xe9b/wish/843140112