Frederick Douglass' Fourth of July Speech
             Frederick Douglass' Fourth of July oration is a very moving and eye-opening speech. In reading this and trying to build a picture of what this might have been like to see or watch is amazing. Also as I read this and I realized a lot of things about how there are so many things that people don't think about or choose to think about. Douglass did something that not many people would be able to do today. As I read the speech thinking it is going in one direction, but expecting something is building behind the scenes and then it completely changes. This speech is very moving and probably the most powerful piece I have read so far.
             The audience that I think he is speaking to is very revealing about who the people in the crowd are. In reading this speech I feel that the majority of the people in the crowd are white if not all of them. I can also picture that the crowd is full of important people who are expecting to hear about how they are so great for keeping the nation going and how far they have come since they had gained there freedom from the British. These men and women in the audience are waiting to hear about how they have done so much for the country and how they have helped black people from someone who went through it. It would seem that the audience is expecting to hear some gratifying remarks from someone who is black in order to make society feel better about themselves. Another important audience member that is somewhat forgotten is the President. This is probably the one man that should hear this because he is the voice of the people and the people are speaking and they deserve to be hear!
             The reason the speech was given was first for the fourth of July. The reason that Douglass gave the speech he did was to open societies eyes to what is going on around them. It was to open the people's eyes to American slavery. The people chose not to look at the wro
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