Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 1

Question 6 • [ELA11] ELA 11, Sem 1 (26-27)

Douglass contrasts the typical American’s view of the Fourth of July with enslaved people’s view of the same occasion. What effect did this likely have on white readers?

Answer

It likely made them question the literal definition of independence.

It likely made them recognize their own hypocrisy in celebrating the holiday.

It likely made them examine the Declaration of Independence more closely.

It likely made them become deeply saddened by the brutality of slaveholders.

Explanation

Douglass contrasts the freedom and celebration the Fourth of July represents to white Americans with the suffering and exclusion it represents to enslaved people. This contrast exposes the contradiction between celebrating liberty and permitting slavery, likely prompting white readers to recognize their own hypocrisy. Choice B best captures that effect.

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