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What to the American Slave is your 4th of July?

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My name's Ian Xavier Hilliard.

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The eye of the reformer

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My name is Daniel Bates.

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I have come to this meeting to throw in my might.

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My name is Phil Darius Wallace.

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My subject then fellow citizens is

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American Slavery.

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On behalf of the National Park Service welcome to the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site.

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Frederick Douglass is courageous,

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brave,

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dynamic,

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intelligent and authentic.

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He believed in the nation.

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Frederick Douglass

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fought with words.

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He was a powerful speaker.

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He grew up in slavery.

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His mother died when he was seven.

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He emancipated himself.

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This is the last house that Frederick Douglass lived in.

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He had this gift for public speaking.

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He decided to go off script and share his heart.

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He ruled against slavery.

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I am Frederick Douglass.

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I am Frederick Douglass.

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I am Frederick Douglass.