Historical Speech: FREDERICK DOUGLASS, “WHAT, TO THE SLAVE, IS THE FOURTH OF JULY”
Subject
Frederick Douglass
Title
Historical Speech: FREDERICK DOUGLASS, “WHAT, TO THE SLAVE, IS THE FOURTH OF JULY”
Date
1852
Type
Historical Speech
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BlackPast presents an 1852 historical speech, given by Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved African American, who became known for his prominent role in the abolitionist movement as well as for his speeches and writing against the institution of slavery--to the citizens of his hometown of Rochester, New York, on the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, in which Douglass speaks to the origins of the American Revolution and emphasizes freedom's meaning to the white American citizens differs greatly to the meaning it has for the black Americans, still enslaved and fighting for their freedom. Douglass says, "above your national, tumultuous jot, I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, to-day, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them."
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BlackPast presents an 1852 historical speech, given by Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved African American, who became known for his prominent role in the abolitionist movement as well as for his speeches and writing against the institution of slavery--to the citizens of his hometown of Rochester, New York, on the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, in which Douglass speaks to the origins of the American Revolution and emphasizes freedom's meaning to the white American citizens differs greatly to the meaning it has for the black Americans, still enslaved and fighting for their freedom. Douglass says, "above your national, tumultuous jot, I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, to-day, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them."
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BlackPast
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“Historical Speech: FREDERICK DOUGLASS, “WHAT, TO THE SLAVE, IS THE FOURTH OF JULY”,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 14, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/232.