According to Abelle’s  response about the essay”What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?”by Douglass, she states that Douglass is basically talking about how he used to be a slave and he knows what it’s like after Douglass escaped to NY and educated himself to read and write. Abelle think the main highlight was that Douglass educated himself, for example he said that he taught himself to read and write. So, she thinks that Douglass wanted to express the fact that race doesn’t matter, but your heart and spirit.