Frederick Douglass (1818–1895)

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Independence Day Speech at Rochester (excerpts): By Frederick Douglass, 1841.
‘What, to the American slave, is your fourth of July?’ (excerpt): A speech by Frederick Douglass, July 1852.
Quote of the Day: Frederick Douglass on Struggle: By Frederick Douglass, 1857.
The spirits of Xmas: Mind Enslavement found in a bottle: By Frederick Douglass, Muhammad Speaks, 31 December 1971. When the slave was drunk, the slaveholder had no fear that he would plan an insurrection, or that he would escape to the North. It was the sober, thoughtful slave who was dangerous and needed the vigilance of his master to keep him a slave.

Frederick Douglass' Legacy for Our Times: By Frances M. Beal, 9 July 2002. 150th anniversary of Frederick Douglass' presentation, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? He exposed the shame and treachery of slavery and castigated the nation's pieties, the memories of its revolution, principles of liberty and its moral and religious ethos.
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895): WGBH Public Broadcasting System, n.d., Africans in America Resource Bank. Inspired by William Lloyd Garrison, alghough becoming less radical, Douglass gave speeches throughout his life and became a leading spokesperson for the abolition of slavery and for racial equality. His publications.