Douglass is part of abolitionist movement which is a social movement against the practice of slavery.
<h3>Why does douglass states "I am not that man"?</h3>
He emphasized that he is not that person that would refuse to give his voice to swell the hallelujahs of a nation's jubilee when the chains of servitude had been torn from his limbs.
He asked the question to understand why people will expect the blacks to be happy on the Fourth of July when they do not have freedom.
Therefore, he is asserting that he is a abolitionist who is against forced servitude.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866, 14 Stat. 27–30, enacted April 9, 1866, was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.
