Day: July 2, 2020

Frederick Douglass’s 1852 Speech, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”

by David Labaree, posted in Race, Rhetoric, Writing

  I’m reposting today one of the greatest speeches ever given, from that master of rhetoric, Frederick Douglass, which I originally posted last year about this time.  It demonstrates the power of language to make arguments and change hearts.  In a time like ours, when rhetoric is used to promote the worst social ills, it’s … Continue reading Frederick Douglass’s 1852 Speech, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”