How does "what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” relate to the declaration of independence?

In "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Douglass contradicts the Declaration of Independence. He tells us that the declaration states that the United States is a free country, and this is what people celebrate on the Fourth of July. He also tells us that the declaration states that all men are born equal in the country, and that they have the same rights and privileges. However, he states that all of this is false when you look at the existence of slavery in the country, and how enslaved people have no rights and no privileges.

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question: which statement best describes a similarity in purpose between the frames and excerpt?

answer: both inform the reader that faryad and liaqat were not given the chance to tell their version of events at the police station

explanation: so as you see they were told to leave before they could tell there story

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