What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? — short story (full text)

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? — short story (full text)Social Studies · US History · Grades 9–12Reading

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass. Complete public-domain text of the short story, formatted for printing or annotating. Pair with your own discussion questions.

From Wikisource · Frederick Douglass · Public domain (US) · original source

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