250 years of American independence: Frederick Douglass, the former slave turned celebrity who skewered the Republic's hypocrisy

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'America 250' (6/13). In April 1876, all of Washington's elite gathered to witness the unveiling of a statue of Abraham Lincoln emancipating enslaved people. The main speaker, Frederick Douglass, himself formerly enslaved and one of the most famous faces in the country, was known for directly challe