In 1852, Frederick Douglass, one of our nation’s greatest orators and abolitionists, was asked to speak at an event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In his provocative speech, Douglass said, “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.”
On July 5, 1852, abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass delivered a scathing speech on slavery. It's commonly identified as “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” speech. It took 13 years after the speech for slavery to be abolished and 89 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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