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Explore Frederick Douglass' powerful critique of America’s Fourth of July in his iconic 1852 speech, where he called the celebration a "sham" for enslaved African Americans. In this video, Larry Kenneth Alexander examines the historical context of Douglass' words, challenging the narrative of Black colonials' exclusion from the Declaration of Independence and exploring the broader fight for universal liberty in the American colonies.

Learn how the American Revolution was about more than just the patriots' rights—it was also about the liberty of all colonial Englishmen. Reflect on the significance of Parliament's American Colonies Act of 1766, which abolished colonial laws denying Parliament’s authority, and consider the Founding Fathers' admission in the Declaration of Independence that their "most valuable laws" had been abolished before independence was declared.

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