Having read and listened to Douglass’s speech, he is arguing for the ending of selling slaves.

Quote 1: Oppression makes a wise man mad. Your fathers were wise men, and if they did not go mad, they became restive under this treatment.

Paraphrase: Americans did not agree with the regulations from British rulers hence, started a revolution to change this form of treatment.

Response:Douglass starts out by defining how the 4th of July started and how Americans wanted t be freed from British rule.

Quote 2: I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. 

Paraphrase: Indépendance day signifies how American are free but just enhances how slaves are not.

Response: Slaves are still under the white colonial rules and have to do as they please. They should reflect on their actions and change something about it.