Frederick Douglass and the 4th of July: Searching for Affirmative AnswersKarenga, Maulana
In 1852, he delivered another of his more famous speeches, one that later came to be called “What to a slave is the 4th of July?” In one section of the speech, Douglass noted, “What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than...
Frederick Douglassdelivered 4 July 1852聽Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: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. That I...
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