One part of this speech attacks the hypocrisy of those who "hurl anathemas at the crowned headed tyrants of Russia and Austria" and those who "shed tears over fallen Hungary.
One part of this speech attacks the hypocrisy of those who "hurl anathemas at the crowned headed tyrants of Russia and Austria" and those who "shed tears over fallen Hungary." This speech quotes Julius Caesar to say "the evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft-interred with their bones." The speaker discusses his childhood as a resident of Fell's Point in Baltimore, where he observed Austin Woldfolk operating on Pratt Street. The speaker concludes by asking every heart to join him in reciting a poem that begins "God speed the year of jubilee!" and is entitled "The Triumph of Freedom." This speech, delivered at Corinthian Hall to the Rochester Anti-Slavery Sewing Society in 1852, answers its title query by saying that it's just a "day that reveals the gross injustice and cruelty" to which the title person is a victim. For 10 points, name this speech given by Frederick Douglas, which attacks the hypocrisy of a patriotic American holiday.
One part of this speech attacks the hypocrisy of those who "hurl anathemas at the crowned headed tyrants of Russia and Austria" and those who "shed tears over fallen Hungary.
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"