Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass is an author at Religion News Service.

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‘What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?’

By Frederick Douglass — July 2, 2020
(RNS) — Frederick Douglass’ July 5 speech in 1852 is a still relevant indictment of America’s habit of championing freedom while failing to measure up to democratic ideals on race.
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