For African Americans Independence Day did not extend to them. While white colonists were declaring their freedom from the crown, that liberation was not shared with millions of Africans who were captured, beaten, separated from their families and forced into slavery thousands of miles from home.
I agree. I have always been somewhat angered by the lies surrounding this "celebration". Anyone who knows the truth about the founding of this country would also be angered and saddened. Even Frederick Douglass was angered back in the day. He was invited to give a celebratory 4th of July speech on July 5, 1852 and instead gave them a history lesson they had not intended to receive! But of course he knew what many of us have yet to learn: You must speak TRUTH to POWER.
ReplyDeleteAgain, thanks for the comment, very enlightening. I look forward to your continuing visits and commentary.
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