Great Speeches: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass
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- Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. He stood as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves did not have the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Douglass wrote several autobiographies, eloquently describing his experiences in slavery in his 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which became influential in its support for abolition. He wrote two more autobiographies, with his last, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, published in 1881 and covering events through and after the Civil War. After the Civil War, Douglass remained active in the United States' struggle to reach its potential as a "land of the free". Douglass actively supported women's suffrage.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass was published in 1852 and is in the public domain. This audio was recorded by LearnOutLoud.com and is narrated by Jon Reiss. Copyright © 2006 LearnOutLoud, Inc. Any reproduction or illegal distribution of the content in any form will result in immediate action against the person concerned.
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i read this speech first year in the university. i can imagine the drive, the bravery.....Douglass is a true hero. every single line thrills me
Wow! What an absolutely well-written speech. Such eloquent and powerful language!
Zorn Wyche ..... Mutually agreed my friend!...Also considering that this man was born into slavery and was forbidden,by his Slave Masters to learn how to read or write. He never the less taught himself how to both read and write! This was truly a Real Hebrew Israelite Black Man who was equal if not superior in his intelligence, eloqence, and character compared to any man then or now!...That is all.... Shalom
Love it! I think men had more balls back then than we do today!
Rn I can only think of two things. 1: This speech is beautiful! 2:What would this sound like if Morgan Freeman did this???
Morgan freeman did read this
All, Check out the version read by James Earl Jones, very moving coming from the mouth of an African American that can actually relate and feel every word.
HE LET THEM HAVE IT!!!
That's why they don't teach is this is school it has too much power in it
@@kaycartledge4542 actually they do.....
@@samgeng5189 I was in Advanced Placement United States History or APUSH and we never went over this speech. And barely mentioned Fredrick Douglass. I don’t know if other schools are better but I know many are worse.
If only men like him were around now!?
He taught himself to read and write WoW just imagine how even more awesome he would be if he were able to attend an university
Sometimes, living a life is the best university one can attend without losing his natural instincts.
hahah good one brah, maybe university would teach him to respect American institutions better
Listening to this speech before this 4 of July 2019.
Exactly
@@MsSds1965 wow! someone took noticed excellent 👍👌
Yes, I think it's important to know what a holiday truly means before celebrating it, sure gives me a different perspective about the 4th.
@@MsSds1965 I agree 💯. What lead me to fedrick Douglas and the holiday 4 of July I was reading and doing research on John Taylor gatto book's "weapons of mass instructions" just like you said it gave me a totally different perspective.
Oh OK, I will check that out, it is important to know and be aware of what's going on around us, even though this speech was written years ago, it is still very relevant for today with all of the hate and racism going on, if we do not learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it.
This is so sad I'm from Rochester and I've never head or read this speech.
aside from the obvious white Boston accent, THE Words are amazing
I was thinking the same thing.
Julia C who cares what color the reader is? Frankly, your reply is an anti black comment that assumes certain speech sterotypes. I don't know if you're white, black, purple, etc.; glad you like the words, but your comment was tasteless.
Julia C exactly that made me automatically click off
It’s New York actually
Not a Boston accent. Pure NY.
Beautiful speech indeed.
My eyes are open now !!!
Thanks for posting, it really helped to follow along while reading! Hearing someone read it helped me pick out the tone of the speech as well.
Brooklyn Fox
Wake up my PEOPLE
WAKE UP MY PEOPLE...!
Frederick was very brave and correct to say this. Equally, we should applaud those who invited him to speak.
Shame this only has 8,000 views.
+Brian Kernan more than twice that now :)
it has 61K now
75k now🙂
Now it has 77k views
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the way people didn't know or receive information like this is not only skill or god given talent but geniuses of the society is to have to know what is the meaning of july 4th or why or who created the 4th of july why do we celebrate the 4th of july... thank you frederick douglass for this information
Great Speech!!
“Agitate, Agitate, Agitate.”💆🏽♂️
Thank for uploading this.
Most black man do not know about this speech...follow your leaders they paved the way ..for worldly freedom and eternal bliss ..for the diaspora and all human being kind to mankind..
He was a first cousin to my grandmother Carrie A childress
You have big shoes to fill
Haha
He was the first ambassador to my country.
Thank you for a very Informative video.
Beautifully Read.
R. Rogers 7/6/2019
Great speech
Kevin Hollis l
Great speach. Ozzie Davis orates this excellent work in such a powerful way it brings out every word and stirs me to tears.
I was amazed when I first heard this speech in the 90's.
Powerful Speech! Very Brave!
Where can I get the original speech?
Thank you!
The most important speech of the Civil War Era which few Americans know anything about.
The voice doesn't do it for me
Heavy!
Awesome 👏
please note this speech was delivered July 5th to mock the holiday
Oh, I get it now✍🏽
The holiday is a mockery
a dang good spech
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For the 24 people who gave this a 👎🏿, please explain...
Date is 1852, not 1864.
Sheesh. So much inaccuracy it’s kinda hard to know what to believe🙂
we are now slaves of our own
Sorry about that😌
Facts
My question to my Black Brothers & Sisters.. How many of you will still celebrate the 4th of July & these other Hell-a-days anyway ??? 🤔
I do. People of Color fought for our Country independence also. Why shouldn't all Americans enjoy every or any holiday they choose to participate or celebrate.
My relatives and I fought for our/my country. Some to prove all people deserved the same freedoms the authors proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, regardless if People of Color and Women weren't included to benefit. Those words and are accurate that all [humans] are created equal.
So I will enjoy our holiday, then get up to continue the work of our ancestors and abolitionists to make this country a better place for the next generation.
@@DG-cc6tx exactly. My grandpa paid for it then I’m enjoying the cookout, periodt😂
2022
Deuteronomy 28:15-68
49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods,*which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
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65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
Listened to this in supermarket yesterday. Susan B. Anthony was his jump-OFF🙄
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It left out the last of the speech, which has a different mood and message. Terrible they chose to only teach what they wanted.
CHANGE CONCEPT
You know the American Civil War didn't start until April 1861, right?
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Dude.....The speech was given on July 5, 1852. The American Civil War started on April 12, 1861. How could you get those two very important, very well documented facts wrong?!
I'm not sure how the date was missed. Nevertheless, check out this awesome version: Frederick Douglass's Great-Great-Great-Grandchildren speaking
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7:06 Sus
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I hear people talk. About. Fredrick. You. Know. Nothing. What. Annie. Bell. Said. On. The porch. That. One. Day. This. Planet. Was. Surpose. Too. Be peace. You. See. This. Planet soon. Only. Thing I. Will. Say. Listen. Watch. Love peace
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Now im in grade 11 and i took this story yesterday it's very boring
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America doesn't need to be celebrating "Fourth of You Lie" America needs to be repenting how the Children of Yahweh have been treated in this Country - Repent King Yahshua is coming with great wrath and fury!!!
The love this speech , but those leftists who love him reject his biblical beliefs. I’m curious when this speech happened before or after his exhaustive study into the writers of the constitution. He spent time studying their words and realized the constitution was for freedom for all.
The founding fathers never meant the constitution to represent everyone and definitely didn't intend freedom for all.
@@RichieB40444 many of them (at least 11 colonies) wanted to end slavery. If you don't know that it's because the progressives have controlled education for over 100 years. The pilgrims in Massachusetts arrested captains of save ships who came.north and sent the ships back where they came from. They tried to outlaw slavery , but the king kept stopping them. when slave owners, the one who owned the most slaves was black, it not a white issue. , but the dems have been on the wrong side of this issue for the beginning and still are. Abolish the democrat party!!
@@conniebedard4522 they ALL ENSLAVED PEOPLE AND AT ANYTIME COULD HAVE FREED THEM. THEY DIDN'T NEED A DECLARATION OR WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION. NONE OF THEM FREED ANY OF THEIR ENSLAVED PEOPLE
@@RichieB40444 touched a nerve? Looks like you haven't read books written before woodrow erased the black man's accomplishments from the history books. It's the only way he could have created the new era of “separation” spreading rumors that blacks had diseases which nudged the population to willingly separate. Progressives are the most evil of all ideologies. They claim to be moral while they perform evil in darkness by deception they accomplish their plans. That’s why you were triggered. They rely on the ignorance of the masses to destroy the true good and moral minority.
@@conniebedard4522 you are so lost. I'm so sorry have a nice life
everyone ancestry was a slave at one time not just black peoples
Martin Monzo this is about slavery in AMERICA
Troll
dumb fuck all skin colors were enslaved and whites were enslaved by natives
But black had to prove they were human that the problem with american slavery
Mad Facts🤳🏽
Great speech
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