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Answer at least two of the questions

Please indicate which questions you are answering, and separate each into its own paragraph. At least 6 sentences!

Questions:

· Is Frederick Douglass a patriot? Why?

· For whom is the Fourth of July, as he argues?

· How does he say the enslaved view the holiday?

· What conflicts and contradictions does he see?

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Answer at least two of the questions

Please indicate which questions you are answering, and separate each into its own paragraph. At least 6 sentences!

Questions:

· In the 15 Minute History episode, Dr. Manisha Sinha argues that Abolitionists had a real effect that directly led to the abolition of slavery in the Civil War. Why?

· What does it say about how the debate over slavery play out that these Abolitionists even existed?

· How does Sinha describe the Abolitionists?

· What were their tactics?

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