Question

Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

Answer 1

Answer:

African Americans were performing the same duties as others without the same rights.

Explanation:

This speech, given by Frederick Douglas during 1852, was symbolic of United States during the middle of the 19th century. During this time, millions of African Americans were enslaved and forced to work on plantations. At this time, many slaves were considered property and not people. Even though these slaves did the same labor as other citizens, they had almost no rights in terms of politics or economics. This is why Douglas writes this speech. His goal is to show the contradictions within American society.

Answer 2

The correct option is: African Americans were performing the same duties as others without the same rights.

In this way, we can infer by the excerpt given above that this was true about that time in American history.