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Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 1

Question 12 • [ELA11] ELA 11, Sem 1 (26-27)

Which group in nineteenth-century America would likely be the most receptive audience for "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

Answer
A
clergy
B
dock workers
C
enslavers
D
abolitionists

Explanation

Frederick Douglass’s speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”, condemns slavery and challenges Americans to confront the contradiction between celebrating liberty and enslaving people. Abolitionists, who opposed slavery, would be the group most receptive to that message. Enslavers would be more likely to resist it.

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