Historedia
Group or institution

Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1852

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Frederick Douglass delivers 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?'

    1852

    Role: Organizer

    1. July 5, 1852 · Corinthian HallDelivery at Corinthian Hall

      Frederick Douglass delivered the speech on July 5, 1852, at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York, at a meeting organized by the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society.

    2. July 5, 1852 · Corinthian HallCritique of American Values

      Douglass argued that American values like liberty and citizenship were offenses to enslaved people who lacked those rights, highlighting the contradiction between national ethos and slave treatment.

    3. July 5, 1852 · Corinthian HallCritique of Religion and Law

      Douglass criticized religious silence on slavery, charging ministers with blasphemy, and directly criticized the Fugitive Slave Act, claiming the Constitution was an abolitionist document.

Sources

  1. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-02