He says this because he is discussing the Fourth of July -- Independence Day.
Douglass says, however, that not everyone is independent. Some Americans, he reasons, are far from independent -- namely slaves. It is ironic that, on a day Americans celebrate freedom, a large portion of the population is anything but free.
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central idea (e.g., Bissinger's description of the relationship between Don and Charlie develops the central idea of expectations by emphasizing how Charlie's expectations for Don are connected to Charlie's own past successes and failures
