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The Experiment Continues: Frederick Douglass’s Fourth of July Speech Still Matters

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, JUL 3 – Frederick Douglass condemned slavery’s hypocrisy in his 1852 oration and urged America to live up to its founding principles amid ongoing struggles for justice and equality.

  • Frederick Douglass delivered his speech 'What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?' on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York's Corinthian Hall, to a mostly white audience.
  • Douglass gave the speech to expose how the United States betrayed its founding principles by allowing slavery despite proclaiming liberty and equality.
  • He praised the American Revolution and the Founders' wisdom while condemning slavery as a great sin that denied enslaved people the freedoms celebrated on Independence Day.
  • Douglass stated, 'This Fourth of July is yours, not mine,' highlighting that the rich inheritance of liberty is shared by others but not by the enslaved.
  • His speech remains a powerful call to uphold America's ideals honestly and to continue striving for justice and equality beyond symbolic celebrations.
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NH Journal broke the news in on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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