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“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech
We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass ...
Commentary: Why Frederick Douglass’ Fourth of July speech still matters
Frederick Douglass 1852 speech both extolls principles in the Declaration of Independence (and Constitution) and condemns ...
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What Fredrick Douglass’ 'What To A Slave Is The Fourth Of July' Means Today
Over 200 years after Frederick Douglass questioned “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” in an act of resistance to Independence Day, Black Americans are still grappling with how to celebrate ...
Anti-slavery document from 1847 reveals American Baptists' commitment to abolition
A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...
A volunteer finds the Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents in Massachusetts
A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...
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Slavery, Emancipation, and the Continued March Toward Liberation in the Virgin Islands
For nearly two centuries, the Danish West Indies were entangled in the brutal Atlantic Slave Trade, which saw the forced ...