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Cape Cod Times On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass, who risked arrest and possible death as a runaway slave, gave his speech What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? telling the white audience that the holiday is yours, not mine. The speech to the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society of Rochester, New York in which the abolitionist and orator said that to ask a Black person to celebrate the white man s freedom from oppression was inhuman mockery is rarely a part of mainstream education curriculum. But 20 groups around the state, including in Oak Bluffs and East Falmouth, have taken steps through events and public discussions to get Douglass’ message out for the Independence Day holiday, and to show its relevance to Americans today.

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