What was most likely the author’s immediate purpose in writing "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

Frederick Douglass delivered “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” to expose the contradiction between American celebrations of freedom and the enslavement of Black people. His immediate purpose was to persuade listeners that Black people were treated unjustly and that slavery had to end. The choice about describing his own experiences is too narrow; his speech addresses the injustice more broadly.

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