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“Today’s invitation is to listen,” said Silon Suron. “Not only to the brilliance of Frederick Douglass’ words but to the question they continue to ask us. The question isn’t simply what the Fourth of July meant in 1852. The question is whether we’re still willing to let the answers guide our conversations today.”

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Attorney General Campbell: Frederick Douglass' Fourth of July Speech 'Feels More Urgent Than Ever' - Swampscott Tides On July 5, 1852, abolitionist Frederick Douglass gave a speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” in Rochester, New York. In it, Douglass reflected on the liberties...