Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech challenges American freedom by exposing the injustice of slavery on Independence Day. He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability,.
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Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech challenges American freedom by exposing the injustice of slavery on Independence Day. He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability,.
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