What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? ?

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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852) 1 Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability, than I do this day.

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Speaking on July 5, the day after Independence Day (something Douglass had insisted upon), and before a predominantly white audience, Douglass eloquently explained why the Fourth of July was not a holiday celebrated by slaves, former slaves, or their descendants.

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In 1852, the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society of Rochester, New York, invited Frederick Douglass to give a July Fourth speech. Douglass opted to speak on July 5 instead, and, addressing an audience of about 600, he delivered one of his most iconic speeches that would become known by the name What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

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What is now known as the What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? speech was delivered on July 5, 1852 as an address to the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, New York. Before you read the speech you can follow these links to learn more about Douglass’s life and the evolution of his thought in this period.

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On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a keynote address at an Independence Day celebration and asked, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Douglass was a powerful orator, often traveling six months out of the year to give lectures on abolition.

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Frederick Douglass, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?: An Address Delivered in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852 2 is hope in the thought, and hope is much needed, under the dark clouds which lower above the horizon.

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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Frederick Douglass July 5, 1852 (What follows is an abridged version. Abridged by Janet Gillespie, Director of Programming, … The 4th of July is the first great fact in your nation’s history – the very ring-bolt in the chain of your yet undeveloped destiny.

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In What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?, otherwise known as The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro, Frederick Douglass outlines a careful argument against the institution of slavery and more specifically the Fugitive Slave Act.

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But the 1852 What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? speech remains the best known of his addresses on the occasion, especially as it became even more widely read in the late-20th century, with…

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On this Fourth of July, a day of independence for some but not for Black people, there is no better time to reflect on Frederick Douglass ‘ speech, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July …