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 

https://sfpl-org.zoom.us/rec/play/ivp4nqKEp8Z-qxBvf1ribnZaFptMCkQa_iIFWlTMPMOtjG453OVp0uMI8V0n-0tc3BmGxKg2bQrIn_3Z.uedwBriveWJOQDun?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=f6yB-lT1ThS_ALYRS6ordg.1656957090236.f634985d5f2de2523362067effb3e4cf&_x_zm_rhtaid=310


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