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It's a pretty famous speech given by Frederick Douglass, a former slave who was asked to give a July 4th address. He escaped slavery and became a self-taught abolitionist, suffragette, radical reconstruction politician, preacher, and author.
thank you! That is an interesting character to read about. Makes me despise people all the more (if that was possible) who thought / think that they can own other people's lives.