The Meaning of the Fourth of July

[neo_prodigy]

‎"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty

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[underlankers]

Frederick Douglass was one Hell of a speechmaker.