How does "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” relate to the Declaration of Independence?

Frederick Douglass argues that the ideals celebrated in the Declaration of Independence—liberty and equality—are denied to enslaved and free Black Americans. The speech condemns this contradiction between the nation’s founding principles and its treatment of Black people. So the best choice is that Douglass’s speech says the treatment of Black people directly contradicts the Declaration.

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