Evaluate the reasoning Douglass uses in the passage by determining whether the conclusion is valid or invalid.
Douglass’s conclusion is valid. The evidence that enslaved people were denied liberty and equality supports his claim that the Fourth of July celebration is a sham and a mockery to them.
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Identify and write the claim Douglass makes.
To enslaved Americans, the Fourth of July is a sham that exposes the injustice and cruelty they suffer.
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