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WHAT TO THE slave IS THE FOURTH OF JULY
Sat, Sep 12
|Hyde Park Theatre
Join us for a 1-night only performance and reading of excerpts from Frederick Douglass’ What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,
Time & Location
Sep 12, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W 43rd St, Austin, TX 78751, USA
About the event
Join us for a 1-night only performance and reading of excerpts from Frederick Douglass’ What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?, a speech delivered by the abolitionist in 1852 criticizing the hypocrisy of celebrating the Fourth of July while enslaving millions of people. It became one of Douglass’s most famous speeches — reproving the gap between America’s founding principles and the institution of slavery.
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