The Hypocrisy of American Slavery: Slavery Quotes

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Quote #7

What to the American slave is your Fourth of July? I answer, a day that reveals to him more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. (80-81)

If the Fourth of July is supposed to make slaves proud to be Americans, it's having the opposite effect. Can you think of other instances, in American history or today, where the celebration of the Fourth of July has ignited controversy?