...justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you...death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. — Frederick Douglass, "Independence Day" speech (1852) In this speech, Frederick Douglass was speaking...

...oration in 1852 to a 9. white audience said, "This Fourth of July is yours, not nine. You may rejoice, I Must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand...joyous anthems, were Inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony." Douglass ended his speech, however, by expressing his belief in the destiny of the united States....

...justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you,...Fourth [of] July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon...

...Negro abolitionist, addressed the citizens of Rochester on Independence Day, 1852, he told them: The Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, / must mourn. To drag a man into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were...