The Hypocrisy of American Slavery Themes

It's hard to talk about the Fourth of July without addressing patriotism. After all, it's America's birthday. People wear red, white, and blue. They hang bunting and flags. They have parades. All i...

You saw this one coming, didn't you? The speech is called "The Hypocrisy of American Slavery," after all, so slavery is obviously going to be a theme. Throughout the speech, Douglass views the Four...

Much like with the theme of "Slavery," you probably saw "Hypocrisy" coming a mile away. It's right there in the title: "The Hypocrisy of American Slavery." We can't say Douglass didn't warn us. He...

To be fair, Douglass explicitly touches on the idea of race only twice. However, it's worth mentioning because race is what made American slavery different from slavery in any other historical cont...