Frederick Douglas begins his speech by asking the audience why is he is there in Rochester. He claims that the Fourth of July is not celebratory day for all. The blacks are unable to celebrate this day because it is only for whites. It is a joke to blacks as the Fourth of July stresses the importance of independence and freedom, yet their own population does not treat them with freedom. "What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?" There basically is no point for the blacks to celebrate for the superior races' freedom when they are not allowed to have their own. Douglas ends his speech with saying that he hopes slavery will come to an end someday because it goes against the countries' beliefs within the Constitution. 
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