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

Douglass Damned Its Inherent Hypocrisy, but July 4th Has Many…

Monday, July 4, 2022 at 11:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I’m referring, of course, to the famous 1852 speech by Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Because, frankly, you could substitute Black for Slave throughout and it would still resonate. Douglass decried the many ways America’s treatment of Black folks made a mockery of its Declaration of Independence and founding… Read more.