In 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered his famous speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?.' Here's more.
African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionistOn July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed, as 13 colonies separated from Great Britain and established the United States of America. But while the Fourth of July is known to represent equality and freedom, all Americans were not free at the time.
“White male Americans became free — only white males,” said Chad Dion Lassiter, a national expert on race relations and executive director of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.questioning how Americans celebrated freedom “in a nation that kept millions of Black people in chains,” Kytle explained.
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