24. We need the storm, the whirlwind, the earthquake.
Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"(1852)
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When the 34-year old Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was invited by the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society of Rochester, New York to give a speech at their July 4th celebration and rally in 1852, he offered a different date: July 5th.
New York State opted for a gradual emancipati…
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