The Fourth of July is a national celebration that overlooks the historical suffering of enslaved people in the United States.

“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” https://whattotheslaveisthe4thofjuly.com/

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? "Fellow-citizens; above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, to-day, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them." https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/What_to_the_Slave_Is_the_Fourth_of_July%3F

What to the slave is the 4th of July? #OnThisDay On 5 July 1852 fugitive slave Frederick Douglass delivered his 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?' speech to the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, condemning the celebration as a hypocritical sham.... https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/07/05/what-to-the-slave-is-the-4th-of-july-onthisday/