Question

what, to the american slave, is your fourth of july? i answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. to him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants, brass - fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery. —frederick douglass identify the claim in the passage. the holiday pleases enslaved people. the holiday insults enslaved people. the holiday could be better.

Explanation:

The passage from Frederick Douglass describes the Fourth of July as revealing injustice and cruelty to enslaved people, calling the celebration a sham, liberty unholy, etc. This shows the holiday is an insult, not a pleasure or a matter of improvement.

Answer:

The holiday insults enslaved people.