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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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#OTD (June 25)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.#RhodeIsland #Atlanta #Chicago #NewJersey #NewEngland #MassauCountyNY #RochesterNY #MilanMI #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
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#TurningPointPark on the #GeneseeRiver in #RochesterNY is where cargo boats sailing south from Lake Ontario would turn around before the first of several waterfalls. I shot this from the boardwalk as a small craft left its gentle wake in the glassy water.