A statue of the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester, New York on Sunday, 168 years after the city was the scene of one of his best speeches, What for the Slave is the Fourth of July? The statue was located at Maplewood Park, a …
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A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was downed and destroyed in upstate New York, on the 168th anniversary of his most famous anti-slavery speech. Rochester police said the statue of the former slave was taken Sunday from Maplewood Park, a site along the subway where Douglass and Harriet Tubman helped …
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A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass has been ripped from its Rochester base on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches. July 6, 2020 2:02 am 2 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article ROCHESTER, NY – A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from …
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has a vision for his second term, if he wins one, of establishing a “National Garden of American Heroes” that will honor some of the most prominent figures in the history of the United States, a collection of ” the best Americans will always live. …
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It is considered one of the best speeches in the history of the United States, delivered at a Rochester, New York, Independence Day event in 1852 by abolitionist Frederick Douglass. “It is the birthday of their national independence and their political freedom,” he said, noting: “The distance between this platform …
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