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September 3, 1838 - Frederick Douglass made his escape from slavery in Baltimore and went on in life to become an abolitionist, journalist, author, and human rights advocate.
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September 3, 1838 - Frederick Douglass made his escape from slavery in Baltimore and went on in life to become an abolitionist, journalist, author, and human rights advocate.
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September 3, 1838 - Frederick Douglass made his escape from slavery in Baltimore and went on in life to become an abolitionist, journalist, author, and human rights advocate.
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September 3, 1838 - Frederick Douglass made his escape from slavery in Baltimore and went on in life to become an abolitionist, journalist, author, and human rights advocate.
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September 3, 1838 - Frederick Douglass made his escape from slavery in Baltimore and went on in life to become an abolitionist, journalist, author, and human rights advocate.
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On July 5th 1852, exactly 174 years ago today, Frederick Douglass gave a speech at Corinthian Hall here in #RochesterNY, at a gathering of the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society. His words were blunt and honest, pointing out the hypocrisy about the laudable ideals of liberty and justice promised in the Declaration of Independence. He forced his audience to confront the truth, that the high-minded assertion that "all men are created equal", was NOT actually being extended to all.
The speech is known under the title "What to the American Slave is Your Fourth of July?" It is well worth reading again now, on this July 5th.
Here's the complete text of the speech, as published in a pamphlet at the time:
https://archive.org/details/Douglass_July_Oration/page/n1/mode/2up
And here are some central excerpts from the speech, read by some of Douglass's descendants:
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Obama’s former speechwriter Ben Rhodes examines America through its 15 most defining speeches https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/28/ben-rhodes-all-we-say-book #Books #ObamaAdministration #FrederickDouglass #AbrahamLincoln #FranklinDRoosevelt #MartinLutherKing #JohnFKennedy #RonaldReagan #DonaldTrump #PoliticsBooks #Culture #History #TrumpAdministration #UsPolitics
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“Chic”
Frederick Douglass’ first pocket watch. Douglass wrote that, for a formerly enslaved man, it was more than just a fashionable item — it was a powerful sign that he was free and that his time was now his own.
More in the alt text.
#photography #history #blackhistory #frederickdouglass #watch #watches #museum #metmuseum
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#RochesterNY #Rochester #NewYork is a minor city in the #USA (with a rich history: #SusanBAnthony, #FrederickDouglass, #Kodak, #Xerox, etc)
Here I was today in only an outlying suburb, of only a minor city, and the #NoKings turn out was huge
Selected #posters I captured today in the below thread. I had to cap it at 25 posts:
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@527may, Black Royalty, shared the text and video below.
This is our [Black History]. I love this.👊🏾😎👊🏾❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥💯💯💯💯
#blackwomen #92percent #blackhistory #blackheroes #blacksheroes #frederickdouglass #harriettubman #mariananderson #thurgoodmarshall #katherinejohnson #shirleychisholm #victorglover #obama #jackierobinson #blackicons #blackmastodon
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Traversal: Proteins, Poetry, Blue, and Our Search for Meaning
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/01/28/traversal/