Descendants of Frederick Douglass read excerpts from one of his most famous speeches: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Douglass gave this speech to a group of abolitionists 170 years ago.
One-hundred-seventy-one Julys ago, the escaped slave-turned-orator-and-activist Frederick Douglass gave perhaps his most famous speech to a group of fellow abolitionists. He posed this question - what ...
What to the American slave is your Fourth of July? That is a question Frederick Douglass posed 170 Julys ago. A group of abolitionists had invited him to speak on the fourth, but he opted instead for ...
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What to the American slave is your Fourth of July? That is a question Frederick Douglass posed 169 Julys ago in a speech to a group of abolitionists, one that's become perhaps his most famous. ARI ...