To make aware to the public that the celebration of 4th of July is not joyful for Black Americans.

Asking an African American to speak about the Nations Independence day, when people are still fighting for Freedom.

Fredrick Douglass People in the audience

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? By Fredrick Douglass

To point out the hypocrisy of celebrating the Declaration of Independence of Black Americans

July 4th 1852 A meeting sponsored by the Rochester Ladies AntiSlavery Society.