Frederick was a speaker at the 4th of July celebration in Corinthian Hall in Rochester NY. It was odd because he gave his speech a day later, and he brings up the question of how does the fourth of the July really represent freedom to a slave that doesn't have it? He doesn't find the celebration to be heartfelt because thousands of blacks live in American without any freedom at all. He even goes to say its a worse day then usual for the African American population. What is his point? Slavery is vile and cruel and we as Americans are selfish and ignorant if we can celebrate freedom when we don't even support it.
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