“The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common ... The Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice. I must mourn.”

What can you infer Frederick Douglass meant by “blessings”?

A.) wealth, privilege, and status, which society affords to every white American

B.) joy and light-heartedness, which enslaved people like himself could not feel

C.) freedom and independence, which white Americans won for themselves in 1776