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Fourth of July: Frederick Douglass, America’s Ill-begotten Founding Son

Friday, July 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

America turns 250 as Trump turns the Fourth of July into a vanity grift of passports, pageantry, caste, and resentment.

iPINIONS contends that Frederick Douglass, America’s ill-begotten Founding Son, still exposes the country’s original sin and its ongoing failure to honor the promise of equality.

Editorial collage of Frederick Douglass centered over an empty National Mall fair, flanked by Trump’s America250 passport image and the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration.

Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/fourth-of-july-frederick-douglass

Anthony L. Hall

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