July 5th, 1852: Frederick Douglass gives his ‘What to the Slave Is the 4th of July’ speech

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July 5th, 1852: Frederick Douglass gives his 'What to the Slave Is the 4th of July' speech

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UPDATED 9:38 AM PT – Tuesday, July 5, 2022

On July 5, 1852, one of the most important American's expressed his thoughts on what the Fourth of July meant to slaves. One America's Sam Valk with more on Frederick Douglass' speech in Rochester, New York and what can be learned from it today.

   
   
   


   

       
   

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