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Frederick Douglass delivers one of his first recorded anti|slavery ...


Frederick Douglass delivers one of his first recorded anti-slavery ...

Frederick Douglass gave one of his first recorded anti-slavery speeches in Hingham on November 4, 1841, before the Plymouth County Anti-Slavery Society.

Frederick Douglass's, “What To the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”

What is now known as the "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" speech was delivered on July 5, 1852 as an address to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery ...

A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a keynote address at an Independence Day celebration and asked, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

Frederick Douglass delivers his "What to the slave is the Fourth of ...

Douglass would become the most prominent Black man in 19th-century America, known both for his work in the anti-slavery movement and for his ...

The Speech That Launched Frederick Douglass's Career - Time

“Flinty hearts were pierced,” Lydia Maria China reported for the abolitionist newspaper National Anti-Slavery Standard, “and cold ones melted by ...

An Orator for the Ages: Frederick Douglass

Coffin, was so impressed with Douglass' speaking ability that in 1841, he invited Douglass to Nantucket for an anti-slavery convention on behalf of the ...

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of ...

What point in the anti-slavery creed would you have me argue? On what branch of the subject do the people of this country need light? Must I ...

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? - Wikipedia

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? ; Oration, Delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester by Frederick Douglass, July 5th, 1852 · Slavery in the United States.

Frederick Douglass Speech - The Hypocrisy of American Slavery

My subject, then, fellow citizens, is "American Slavery." I shall see this day and its popular characteristics from the slave's point of view. Standing here ...

Frederick Douglass Escapes Slavery, Becomes Leading Abolitionist

... a prominent American abolitionist, author and orator. Born a slave, Douglass escaped at age 20 and went on to become a world-renowned anti-slavery activist. His ...

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? | Teaching American History

Douglass delivered this speech to the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society of Rochester, New York on the meaning and significance of the Fourth of July to the slave.

Frederick Douglass Project Writings: The Dred Scott Decision | RBSCP

THE DRED SCOTT DECISION, speech delivered before American Anti-Slavery Society, New York, May 14, 1857. Two speeches by Frederick Douglass; one on West ...

I Have Come to Tell You Something About Slavery - Story of the Week

... Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (1845). Click on image to see ... A correspondent for The National Anti-Slavery Standard, then ...

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852) | Constitution Center

In June 1852, he delivered this Independence Day address to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society. It became one of Douglass's most famous speeches— ...

First Edition Pamphlet of Frederick Douglass' “What to the Slave Is ...

Later that year, Douglass would go on to publish "The Heroic Slave" (as part of the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society's anthology ...

Hearing Frederick Douglass: His Speech on John Brown | Timeless

How would freed slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass have sounded while delivering one of his classic speeches ... first cargo of slaves ...

Frederick Douglass ‑ Narrative, Quotes & Facts | HISTORY

Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist ...

Frederick Douglass "What to the Slave..." - Lesson Plan

At the invitation of the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society, Frederick Douglass delivered this speech on July 5, 1852, at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New ...

Frederick Douglass - PBS

The son of a slave woman and an unknown white man, "Frederick Augustus ... Several days later Douglass gave his speech at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery ...

Reading to explore the resonance of Douglass' famous speech

Frederick Douglass delivered his famous speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” in 1852, drawing parallels between the Revolutionary War and the ...