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SUMMARY:What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
LOCATION:187 County Road 8 Farmington 14425
DESCRIPTION:On July 7, at 1:30 p.m., at the Farmington Friends Meetinghouse (187 County Road 8, Farmington), David Anderson, Community Scholar in Residence, Nazareth College, will present a reenactment and discussion of Frederick Douglass's famous speech, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" This will be co-sponsored by the Rochester and Monroe County Freedom Trail Commission. Frederick Douglass, who had escaped from slavery in Maryland to become a nationally known orator and editor of the North Star, gave this oration in Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York, on July 4, 1852. Do the "great principles of political freedom and natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence" extend to African Americans? he asked. The answer was "no." "The Fourth of July is yours, not mine." " The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men," he acknowledged. But their work was not yet done. "My business is with the present," said Douglass. How can we in the present carry out those ideals of "justice, liberty, and humanity"? His question echoes through the ages, challenging us today as well as his hearers in 1852. Professor Anderson is a nationally known interpreter of African American stories—including stories of people who escaped from slavery and those who fought in the Civil War--through living history. He is Chair of the Rochester and Monroe County Freedom Trail Commission, a member of the National Association of Black Story-tellers, and founder of Akwaaba: Heritage Associates. He has presented programs in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, New York, and England. In 2010, he received a national award for his work from the Underground Railroad Free Press. Frederick Douglass spoke often in the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse, and he worked closely with abolitionists.
After Frederick Douglass (a.k.a. David Anderson) speaks at 1:00 p.m., the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse will be open, with a tour and discussion of restoration plans. Refreshments will be served. This program is funded in part by the New York Council for the Humanities.
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