Which group in nineteenth-century america would likely be the most receptive audience for "what to the slave is the fourth of july? clergy dock workers slave holders abolitionists

The correct answer is D) Abolitionists.

The group in 19th-century America would likely to be the most receptive audience for “What to the Slaves is the Fourth of July” is the Abolitionists.

Frederick Douglas (1818-1895) was a slave that became a great orator during the Antebellum period. He delivered the speech “What to the Slaves is the Fourth of July” on July 5, 1852, and historians considered it one of the most important speeches of that time. He delivered the speech in a crucial moment of America when people were discussing segregation, abolitionism, and the alternatives for a much better future for the country.  

That is why the group in 19th-century America that would likely to be the most receptive audience for “What to the Slaves is the Fourth of July” is the Abolitionists.