A special contribution from San Francisco Public Library June 17th
4th of July and The Negro Slave 1830-2022
Frederick Douglass wrote powerfully in a text titled “What is The Fourth of July to Me”
The classified ads are from my collection of 1830’s Washington Posts {originally The National Intelligencer]FILM and MUSIC are embedded throughout.
THE ENDING beginning at 54:00 is special. Ths Zoom recording has MOTION stuttering in the playback of the embedded films.
***NOTE in the toolbar,click on CC and click VIEW without subtitles** Listen with HEADPHONES