Frederick Douglass: “Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day?”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day?

Said by

Frederick Douglass

Source

Douglass challenges his audience on the Fourth of July, questioning their sincerity in inviting him to speak given the reality of slavery.

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