9-23-15 “Abigail Adams’ Last Act of Defiance” p. 29 What message does this selection have about Americans and freedom? Choose a piece of evidence from the text. Summarize this and explain how this relates to Americans continual desire for freedom. How does this summary connect to your topic for your essay/speech? Let’s look at an example… Turn to page 288 and find lines 111-119.

Example of Evidence as a Summary with specific words quoted Frederick Douglas, in his speech “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July”, spoke of the Declaration of Independence’s message of freedom. He presented strong and passionate evidence that this document proclaimed “natural freedom” to all humans. He continued by stating that there is no human under “the canopy of heaven” that does not know how very wrong it is to deny this freedom to any human. His clear message translates to _______. How could it not? (This is where you would explain how your topic connects to this summary.)