Joe Root his first golden duck in his ODI career. The 5th ODI was better for Root as he scored a quick 21 before being bowled and also took the wicket of George Bailey. England lost the series 2–1 and Root finished the series with 36 runs and 1 wicket. Root was selected for the 2013-14 Ashes series. He was selected at number 6 for the first Test as Michael Carberry was given the opening batsman role alongside Alastair Cook. Root only managed 2 runs from 7 balls in the first innings before being caught off a Mitchell Johnson delivery. In the
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Fourth Oration but was actually delivered on July 5, some confusion has arisen about the date and contents of the speech. The speech has since been published under the above title in "The Frederick Douglass Papers", Series One, Vol. 2. While referring to the celebrations of the American Independence day the day before, the speech explores the constitutional and values-based arguments against the Slave trade within the United States. Douglass suggests that positive statements about American values, such as liberty, citizenship, and freedom, were an offense to the enslaved people of the United States because of their lack of freedom,