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  1. nmaahc.si.edu

    In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech titled "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?," a call for the promise of liberty be applied equally to all Americans. Douglass's speech emphasized that American slavery and American freedom is a shared history and that the actions of ordinary men and women, demanding freedom, transformed our nation.
  2. litcharts.com

    Douglass opens his speech by introducing himself to the crowd and discussing the Fourth of July. He describes the holiday as the anniversary of America's freedom and reflects on how the country's young age means that it still has the potential to either become a great nation or wither away.
  3. daily.jstor.org

    Jul 4, 2023On Monday, July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a speech to the " Ladies of the Rochester Anti-Slavery Sewing Society, " which arguably became his most famous public oration. Rather than a celebration of the Independence Day holiday, Douglass asked an obvious, simple and damning question: What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?
  4. americainclass.org

    The simple story of it is that, 76 years ago, the people of this country were British subjects. The style and title of your "sovereign people" ... "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?: An Address Delivered in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852" 3 ... fact in your nation's history — the very ring-bolt in the chain of your yet ...
  5. constitutioncenter.org

    A horrible reptile is coiled up in your nation's bosom; the venomous creature is nursing at the tender breast of your youthful republic; for the love of God, tear away, and fling from you the hideous monster, and let the weight of twenty millions crush and destroy it forever! . . .
  6. teachingamericanhistory.org

    Frederick Douglass (c. 1818-1895) was born a slave. As a child, he received some instruction, but largely taught himself to read. After escaping to freedom in the North, Douglass quickly became a renowned orator and fierce critic of slavery in abolitionist circles.
  7. heartandsoul.com

    The Fourth of July is celebrated as the anniversary of American independence in 1776. In 1852, Frederick Douglass asked, "Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us?" And, to this day, not all Americans are free to realize the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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