What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? A reading of Frederick Douglass with Samantha
Wed, Jun 25
|Mather Barn
Join us in celebration of Juneteenth and the Fourth of July for a discussion with Samantha of Frederick Douglass' speech: "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" This speech was delivered on July 5, 1852 as an address to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, New York.
Time & Location
Jun 25, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Mather Barn, 19 Stephen Mather Rd, Darien, CT 06820, USA
About the event
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a former slave who became a nationally recognized abolitionist orator during the antebellum period. During the Civil War he worked tirelessly for the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and during the decades following the war, he was arguably the most influential African American leader in the nation.
What is now known as the "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" speech was delivered on July 5, 1852 as an address to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, New York.
This series is free thanks to a generous donation from the Evanson Washburn Family Foundation.
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