PLEASE HELP “Whether we turn to the declarations of the past or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting. America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. Standing with God and the crushed and bleeding slave on this occasion, I will, in the name of humanity which is outraged, in the name of liberty which is fettered, in the name of the Constitution and the Bible, which are disregarded and trampled upon, dare to call into question and to denounce, with all the emphasis I can command, everything that serves to perpetuate slavery—the great sin and shame of America! “I will not equivocate; I will not excuse;” I will use the severest language I can command; and yet not one word shall escape me that any man, whose judgment is not blinded by prejudice, or who is not at heart a slaveholder, shall not confess to be right and just.”

Why is Frederick Douglass is speaking to the audience in this way? How does Frederick Douglass paint the picture of that “False America” actually exists? What makes the country false? On what grounds?

3. Frederick Douglass uses his knowledge of the Holy Bible and Christianity to admonish his audience for not following “God’s Law”. What does the Bible say of slave and how does Jesus feel about the enslavement of people that goes against the actions of the American people?