Frederick Douglass - July 5, 1852
from Stories about Black History Hosted by Danita Smith
READ MORE HERE: https://searchblackandeducation.com/stories/2017/11/29/july-5-1852?rq=Douglass Fellow-Citizens—Pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? and am I, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits, and express devout gratitude for the blessings, resulting from your independence to us? Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Short-Stories-about-Black-History-ebook/dp/B00U4XTU3G/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=UghxF&content-id=amzn1.sym.91202c6f-1c11-4e3d-b51a-3af958cedd30&pf_rd_p=91202c6f-1c11-4e3d-b51a-3af958cedd30&pf_rd_r=P8YYV11AXN20XE040FNG&pd_rd_wg=C04rv&pd_rd_r=0fafe059-d5e7-4f31-a116-2f4840871aa9&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk
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