“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech
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Radio Free“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speechradiofree.orgWe begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, Douglass gave one of his most f...
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