Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)

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What to the slave is the Fourth of July?”
The principles contained in the [Declaration of Independence] are saving principles. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever the cost."
  • He called America not to be a new nation, but to honor its founding promise, echoing the words of Frederick Douglass in 1852 in the face of slavery
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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
  • The Cedar Hill home in Washington DC where Frederick Douglass spent the last 17 years of his life provides an apt setting for the annual reading on July 4 of his most famous speech
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Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.”
What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?”

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