Michael A. Bellesiles, once a visiting professor at Trinity College in Connecticut and a professor of history at Emory University, is the author of numerous books on American history-including 1877 and A People's History of the U.S. Military. He lives in Connecticut.
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On July 4, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood in front of a crowd in Rochester, New York, and asked, 'What to the slave is the Fourth of July?' The audience had invited him to speak on the day celebrating freedom, and had expected him to offer a hopeful messa... SEE MORE