On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
I answer, a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass answers his own rhetorical question, explaining how the Fourth of July serves as a painful reminder of the ongoing oppression faced by enslaved people.
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