How and why have some historians tried to downplay

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Topic: For this week's assignment you will be looking at A People's History, Chapter 9, "Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom" of A People's History

Questions:

What do you think would be famed orator Frederick Douglass's objections to celebrating the Fourth of July? What did he mean when he said, "Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us"?
How and why have some historians tried to downplay or dismiss the effects of slavery?
Why do you think there were few voices of resistance to slavery among poor southern whites-most of whom had no slaves? Why do you think more poor southern whites did not unite with blacks to attack the plantation system? Do you see this as a systemic issue or an issue of competition for labor?

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