the 4 of july to a slave

Douglas thinks to the fourth of July is hypocrisy because they preach about freedom on that day but yet to him and many other blacks the same freedom does not apply to them. He also comments that we say we have natural born rights and god granted us these rights but yet we do not given the same rights to a African-Americans. So how can god grant rights to some but not to all. Douglas also talks about how the fourth of July means nothing to a slave because they are not entitled to the same rights as everyone. For Douglas the Fourth of July is a time to mourn those are still in the bonds of slavery. Although I had to disagree with some of the references to the Bible in how it does not talk about slavery, when it does.