Christianity becomes a very dark symbol in this portrait of America. Douglass points, rightly, that the many ministers and church leaders actually found a way to use to defend their grotesquely bizarre claim that God confers approval upon the...
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Christianity becomes a very dark symbol in this portrait of America. Douglass points, rightly, that the many ministers and church leaders actually found a way to use to defend their grotesquely bizarre claim that God confers approval upon the...
He seems self-conscious about speaking in such a great hall.
The papers and placards say, that I am to deliver a 4th [of] July oration. This certainly sounds large, and out of the common way, for it is true that I have often had the privilege...
The Fourth of July
The Fourth of July is a very special symbol that means more things than most people think. For the great majority of America, is a symbol of independence from England and the freedom and liberty which accompanies that...