“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”

#Onthisday in 1852, in the Corinthian Hall of Rochester, NY, Frederick Douglass gave his famous speech now known as "What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?". The fact that it was given on the fifth and not the fourth was significant. (1/9)https://t.co/nxENiCwUce #otd pic.twitter.com/az6E4jhULL

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