1562269; -77.6129184 "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" is the title now given to a speech by Frederick Douglass delivered on July 5, 1852, at Corinthian

(colloquially the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental

The Heroic Slave, a Heartwarming Narrative of the Adventures of Madison Washington, in Pursuit of Liberty is a short piece of fiction, or novella, written

his "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" speech in Rochester, New York. 1859 – The United States discovers and claims Midway Atoll. 1865 – The United

Slavery in the United States Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" The holiday name is a portmanteau

Massachusetts. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes

was at the time still known by his birth name, Frederick Bailey. He changed his name to Douglass after his escape, because as a fugitive slave he was

funds to buy Cedar Hill. Now administered by the National Park Service, the home is open for tours to inform visitors of Douglass's contributions to freedom

of black American religious ethnogenesis and separatism. In addition, as Frederick Douglass described in his "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July

over July 4, because the national holiday was not meant for blacks, as Frederick Douglass stated later in his famous What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July

famous 1852 oratory, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?", Frederick Douglass quoted Barnes as saying: "There is no power out of the church that could

22, 1847. "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?". Teaching American History. Archived from the original on July 5, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020. Prinsloo

She wrote the paper My Mother as I Recall Her in 1900, as well as the paper What Role is the Educated Negro Woman to Play in the Uplifting of Her Race

before departing from the Crusades upon his election by the papal conclave, 1268–1271. In his "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" speech, Frederick

Joseph Henry Douglass (July 3, 1871 – December 7, 1935) was a groundbreaking African-American concert violinist, the son of Charles Remond Douglass and

was the third and youngest son of Frederick Douglass and his first wife Anna Murray Douglass. He was the first African-American man to enlist in the military

Commissioners voted to name it so, making it both one of the first major bridges named for an African-American or a former slave. The bridge connects at

I hope to fall with my face to the foe. If I survive I shall write you a long letter. DeForrest of your city is wounded George Washington is missing

state in the United States Capitol rotunda. July 5 – Frederick Douglass delivers his famous speech, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?", in Rochester

delivered his "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" speech in 1852 in Corinthian Hall, a speech that one biographer called, "perhaps the greatest antislavery