Reading Frederick Douglass
Reading Frederick Douglass
Special | 45m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
A stirring speech that is as meaningful today as it was on that day.
On July 5, 1852, former slave and the abolitionist movement leader, Frederick Douglass delivered one of his most famous speeches - What to the slave is your Fourth of July? In addressing a group of women who invited him to speak in celebration of America's independence, Douglass delivered a stirring speech that is as meaningful today as it was on that day in Rochester, New York.
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Reading Frederick Douglass
Reading Frederick Douglass
Special | 45m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
On July 5, 1852, former slave and the abolitionist movement leader, Frederick Douglass delivered one of his most famous speeches - What to the slave is your Fourth of July? In addressing a group of women who invited him to speak in celebration of America's independence, Douglass delivered a stirring speech that is as meaningful today as it was on that day in Rochester, New York.
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