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Douglass had spoken at Corinthian Hall in the past. He had delivered a series of seven lectures about slavery there in the winter of 1850–51. [11] Additionally, he had spoken there less than three months prior to this speech, on March 25. In that speech, he cast the abolitionist movement as being engaged in a "War" against defenders of ...
Show your patriotic spirit this 4th of July and other American holidays with these inspiring freedom quotes from the Founding Fathers and other famous figures.
speech, depicted in an 1876 lithograph by Currier and Ives and now housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. "Give me liberty or give me death!" is a quotation attributed to American politician and orator Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond ...
Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Roman Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
Share and reflect on these powerful, inspiring Juneteenth quotes and messages from Black politicians, activists, authors, and artists for the June 19 holiday.
Although the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863, there were still enslaved people in many states awaiting their freedom. On June 19, 1865, Texas ...
The layout design for these subpages is at Portal:Freedom of speech/Selected quote/Layout. These Quotes subpages are randomly displayed using {{Random subpage}}. Select a new quote attributed to a different individual than any of those currently quoted below. Quotes must each be from an individual with and existing biographical article on ...
The speech was briefly reported in two contemporary newspapers, and a transcript of the speech was published in the Anti-Slavery Bugle on June 21, 1851. It received wider publicity in 1863 during the American Civil War when Frances Dana Barker Gage published a different version, one which became known as "Ain't I a Woman?", because of its oft ...