All Posts Tagged With: "Fourth of July speech"
Doc of the Day: July 5
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered his “Fourth of July” speech to a meeting of the Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society of Rochester, New York. (See Bradley Skelcher’s post about this speech.)
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Bradley Skelcher on Frederick Douglass’s Fourth of July Speech
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered what came to be known as the “Fourth of July” Speech to the Ladies’ Antislavery Society in Rochester, New York. Refusing to speak the day before, Douglass began by admonishing the crowd with a series of questions. He asked, “Why am I called to speak here today? What [...]
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