Those who argued that slavery was immoral on the basis of it being wrong to enslave another still conveyed powerful messages, but their arguments were missing an essential piece. Solomon Northup argued against slavery in a way that few could challenge. …show more content…
Being far more experienced than he was at the beginning of his career, Douglass argued against slavery in a different way. He asserted that there was something unjust in inviting African Americans to join any Fourth of July celebrations. He craftily made it clear that the Fourth of July did indeed symbolize a momentous victory, but slavery was eroding that victory. Douglass recognized the parallel between the strife of the nation’s founding fathers and made it seem identical to the strife of African Americans. This made his arguments far more daunting than