When Auld died in 1833 Frederick was returned to his Maryland plantation. In 1838 he escaped toNew York Citywhere he changed his name to Frederick Douglass. He later moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he worked as a labourer. After hearing him make a speech at a meeting in 1841,W...
Notes from ORATION, DELIVERED BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS, JULY 5TH, 1852 Douglass must be one of the most eloquent speakers ever on earth. 1. The distance between this platform and the slave plantation, from which I escaped, is considerable- and the difficult
It mentions that the famous oration of Douglass was delivered in Rochester, New York on July 5, 1852 entitled "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July". It also notes that Douglass was known for being an eloquent African American abolitionist and advocate of the equal rights in Baltimore,...
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Nineteenth century America Independence Day orations were as much a part of the celebration as...Duffy, Bernard K.Besel, Richard D.Indiana University of Pennsylvania: IUP Research InstituteMaking Connections