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Omar Moore Jul 4, 2023

“What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?”
-Frederick Douglass #4thofJuly #july4th

Full speech here, delivered July 5, 1852: https://bit.ly/3JM6UWj #BlackMastodon #Mastodon

Frederick Douglass Project: 5th of July Speech | RBSCP

Robert Andrew Lentz

This article on the speech might also be of interest: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/07/fourth-of-july-revisiting-frederick-douglasss-fiery-speech.html

You Should Read Frederick Douglass’s Funny, Fiery, Still Relevant Fourth of July Oration

In the wake of the 2015 Charleston shooting, James West Davidson revisited the meaning of patriotic Fourth of July speeches and their purpose. The...

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