Synopsis
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" is the most important anti-slavery speech ever given in the United States.
A generously sized and readable edition.
An Introduction, including bibliographic information is included.
Frederick Douglass's history is American history.
Frederick Douglass (c.1818-1895) was born a slave in Maryland and escaped to freedom in the North at the age of 20. Douglass became an influential writer, publisher, orator, United States Ambassador, and leader of the abolitionist movement during his lifetime. Douglass was invited to give the “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech by the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society of Rochester, New York on July 5, 1852. “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” is the most important anti-slavery speech ever given in the United States.
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