LAD #16: Frederick Douglass "5th of July"

Douglass questions what independence is, because of those who are slaves. He goes on to say that he should not be included en the festivities of "Independence Day" because he is a black man who does not receive the freedoms granted to many Americans. While some rejoice, he mourns. At that time the "black man" did not receive fair treatment as whites, but America should move past this because they are all Americans and all human and no one person should discriminate or berate another.