Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?
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On July 5th, 1852 Frederick Douglass delivered what may be his most famous oration. Asked to comment on the meaning of the Fourth of July to the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society at Corinthian Hall.The speech unfurls in five acts across about an hour of time. Douglass starts off discussing the heroes behind the Declaration of Independence.
Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?
Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the…
Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?
On July 5th, 1852 Frederick Douglass delivered what may be his most famous oration. Asked to comment on the meaning of the Fourth of July to the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society at Corinthian Hall.The speech unfurls in five acts across about an hour of time. Douglass starts off discussing the heroes behind the Declaration of Independence.