American hypocrisy

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You profess to believe "that, of one blood, God made all nations of men to dwell on the face of all the earth," and hath commanded all men, everywhere, to love one another; yet you notoriously hate (and glory in your hatred) all men whose skins are not colored like your own!

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Topic

American hypocrisy

Speaker

Frederick Douglass

Source

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Independence Day Celebration. 5 July 1852, Corinthian Hall, Rochester, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Frederick Douglass: Speeches & Writings, edited by David W. Blight. Library of America, 2022.

I entered the world a slave-in the midst of a country whose most honoured writings declare that all men have a right to liberty.

Henry Box Brown

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Topic

Slavery Equality American hypocrisy America

Author

Henry Box Brown

Source

Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown

Genre

Slave narrative Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Brown, Henry Box. Narrative of Henry Box Brown. Boston: Brown & Stearns, 1849.

Current Citation

Brown, Henry Box. Narrative of the Live of Henry Box Brown. Dover Publications, 2015.