Douglass must be one of the most eloquent speakers ever on earth.1. The distance between this platform and the slave plantation, from which I escaped, is considerable- and the difficulties to be overcome in getting from the latter to the former, are by no means slight.2. The madness of ...
Berkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksMaking Connections: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural DiversityDuffy, Bernard KBesel, Richard D
It mentions that the famous oration of Douglass was delivered in Rochester, New York on July 5, 1852 entitled "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July". It also notes that Douglass was known for being an eloquent African American abolitionist and advocate of the equal rights in Baltimore,...
Nineteenth century America Independence Day orations were as much a part of the celebration as...Duffy, Bernard K.Besel, Richard D.Indiana University of Pennsylvania: IUP Research InstituteMaking Connections