Frederick Douglass, a former slave, became a member of the Abolitionist Movement. He delivered his 5th of July speech in Rochester in the year 1852. The bulk of the speech was him questioning what blacks have to Independence Day for they do not feel that freedom. In reality, Douglass feels despair during this day because it reveals the distance between a whites and blacks. While the white man celebrates, he says he must mourn; he declares that the "Fourth of July is yours, not mine". America's greatest sin is slavery and no other country is as guilty as the United States in regards to their treatment of blacks.
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