1) (answer to what the 4th of July is to a slave) "A day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim." This means that slaves were unjustified during Independence day because they were not free.
2) "Your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license," This quotes displays the point of view of a slave and how cruel it was to have your liberty restricted while everyone else was claimed to be free.
3) "There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices, more shocking and bloody, than are the people of these United States, at this very hour." Frederick Douglass is expressing his distress towards the United States and how shameless they are to be claiming to be a free country.
4) "I see the bleeding footsteps...on the way to the slave-markets, where the victims are to be sold like horses, sheep, and swine..." Slaves were not being treated like human beings and were being sold off like animals.
5) "The Fugitive Slave Law makes MERCY TO THEM, A CRIME; and bribes the judge who tries them." This quote shows the injustice and how people would bribe the judge into not taking the slaves' side.
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