Primary Source Analysis: Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
Introduction Frederick Douglas, who was a prominent preacher and fair arraignee for public freedom from Slavery as well as women’s Rights, held that unavoidable and important speech, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” on July 5, 1852. This address is addressed to the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society, and it sparingly expresses its ... Read More
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