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Wisdom in SpaceThe limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. -- Frederick Douglass (West India Emancipation (1857))⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wisdom</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quotes</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Injustice</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Panorama</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ChacoCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChacoCanyon</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panopainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Panopainting</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewMexico</a>

Roman ALANUseless quote for 30 July:"Trust is the foundation of society. Where there is no truth, there can be no trust, and where there is no trust, there can be no society."~ Frederick Douglass in "Composite Nation" (1867)Link to source: <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss11879.22017/?st=slideshow#slide-1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss11879.22017/?st=slideshow#slide-1</a><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/UselessQuote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UselessQuote</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a>

Classic HistoriaBrowsing History | Frederick Douglass Home Museum <a href="https://classichistoria.com/articles/frederick-douglass-home?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://classichistoria.com/articles/frederick-douglass-home?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfricanAmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfricanAmericanHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Museum</a>

BentleyIt's not about what <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/DavidSuzuki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidSuzuki</a> or <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/GretaThunberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GretaThunberg</a> owes the <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Climate</a> movement. It's what WE owe THEM, this planet & everything on it. I get that we're largely nice people that care about more than ourselves & would prefer to 'nice' our way out of this but POWER just doesn't work that way. Period <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a>

Nando161On <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/July" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#July</a> 5, 1852, <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a> delivered his <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/famous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#famous</a> “What to the <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#American</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/slave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slave</a> is your 4th of July?” <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#speech</a> in <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Rochester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rochester</a>, <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NY</a>.

agitprop & absurdityJames Earl Jones delivers Frederick Douglass’ legendary takedown of American hypocrisy: “What to the slave is the 4th of July?” A nation built on slavery dared to preach freedom. Required watching. Required reckoning. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FourthOfJuly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourthOfJuly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackHistory</a>

Omar MooreNEW: The July 4 edition of THE POLITICRAT podcast. <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-politicrat/id1503246845?i=1000715799564" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-politicrat/id1503246845?i=1000715799564</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/frederickdouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#frederickdouglass</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/july4th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#july4th</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/july4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#july4</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#usa</a>

Freelancejournalist ✅This quote from Frederick Douglass has always haunted me. In this passage from his book, he reflects on his time in slavery while living along the Chesapeake Bay, and the juxtaposition of being enslaved while seeing sails move about freely, heading for the open ocean.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#America</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#freedom</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/frederickdouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#frederickdouglass</a>

WillR_LDN"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim[...] The existence of slavery in this country brands your republicanism a sham, your humanity a base pretense, and your Christianity a lie." - Frederick Douglass<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWiM00lCRTE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWiM00lCRTE</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/July4th" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#July4th</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#slavery</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/civilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#civilwar</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/frederickdouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#frederickdouglass</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/atunsheifilms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#atunsheifilms</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#abolition</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IndependenceDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#IndependenceDay</a>

Liam O'Mara IV, PhDIn an 1852 speech <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a> deftly undermined the shallow lie that this country was ever "great". The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> crowd celebrate a violent, tyrannical legacy of racism, imperialism, and aggression. Independence did not make us free; we have never been free. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FourthOfJuly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourthOfJuly</a>

Tony Pennino“Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.” <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/July4th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#July4th</a>

Black Sailor MoonWhen <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criticalracetheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criticalracetheory</a> is applied, the lenses come off, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/themeaningofjulyfourthforthenegro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#themeaningofjulyfourthforthenegro</a> allows you to see the truth about Americas “greatness”. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/july4th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#july4th</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frederickdouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#frederickdouglass</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/americanhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#americanhistory</a>

DonnchaAn Urban Tribute to Frederick DouglassA few years ago, a small mural was painted on a box on Grand Parade, featuring Frederick Douglass. Google Maps shows it was still there in 2024, but I’m not sure about it now.Frederick Douglass visited Ireland in 1845 and was warmly received, finding a sense of freedom here that contrasted sharply with his experiences in the United States.Apertureƒ/6.3CameraILCE-7M3Focal length240mmISO400Shutter speed1/500s<a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/activism/" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/black-lives-matter/" target="_blank">#BlackLivesMatter</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/cork/" target="_blank">#Cork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/end-direct-provision/" target="_blank">#EndDirectProvision</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/frederick-douglass/" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/ireland/" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/mural/" target="_blank">#mural</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/photo/" target="_blank">#Photo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/photography/" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/public-art/" target="_blank">#publicArt</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/social-justice/" target="_blank">#socialJustice</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/street-art/" target="_blank">#streetArt</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/street-photography/" target="_blank">#StreetPhotography</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/urban-art/" target="_blank">#urbanArt</a>

Donncha Ó CaoimhAn Urban Tribute to Frederick DouglassA few years ago, a small mural was painted on a box on Grand Parade, featuring Frederick Douglass. Google Maps shows it was still there in 2024, but I’m not sure about it now.Frederick Douglass visited Ireland in 1845 and was warmly received, finding a sense of freedom here that contrasted sharply with his experiences in the United States.<a href="https://inphotos.org/2025/07/01/an-urban-tribute-to-frederick-douglass/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inphotos.org/2025/07/01/an-urban-tribute-to-frederick-douglass/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Cork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/StreetPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StreetPhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a>

DonnchaFrederick Douglass Inspires in Cork City Centre I love this mural of Frederick Douglass. It’s painted on a wall of the small avenue going up to the Unitarian Church on Princes Street. I think the church has been closed for quite some time, but I’m glad this area is maintained.The <a href="https://corkunitarianchurch.com/our-history/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">history of the church here</a> is fascinating too.<blockquote>After a fire in January 2024 destroyed the interior of the chapel, Cork Unitarian Church was left without a home and with little hope of continuing. Some of the church’s lay leadership believed that there was a future if the model for running the church radically changed. The church now operates as a Limited by Guarentee corporation – independent of external ecclesiastic governance (e.g. ordained ministers, synods, etc.).  This is more in keeping with the model of most Unitarian Universalist (i.e. UU) church congregations in the EU (see: <a href="https://www.europeanuu.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">EUU</a>). The Cork church congregation no longer has a permanent building to maintain. All of the energies of the church go to meeting the needs of the congregation, not preserving historically significant architecture. While the Cork congregation has moved on to a different way of doing “church”. The congregation still has an affection for its former Princess street home. We also have an interest as Corkonians in seeing that the asset of the building, with all of its historic and architectural significance, is preserved. Cork Unitarian Church supports effort to donate and repurpose the Princes Street building as a publicly held asset – revitalising Cork’s City Centre and providing social and cultural benefits of the entire Cork community.</blockquote>Apertureƒ/4CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length24mmISO1000Shutter speed1/500s<a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/cork/" target="_blank">#Cork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/frederick-douglass/" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/history/" target="_blank">#history</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/ireland/" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/mural/" target="_blank">#mural</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/photo/" target="_blank">#Photo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/photography/" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/princes-street/" target="_blank">#PrincesStreet</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/public-art/" target="_blank">#publicArt</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/street-art/" target="_blank">#streetArt</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/street-photography/" target="_blank">#StreetPhotography</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/unitarian-church/" target="_blank">#UnitarianChurch</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/urban-garden/" target="_blank">#urbanGarden</a>

Donncha Ó CaoimhFrederick Douglass Inspires in Cork City CentreI love this mural of Frederick Douglass. It’s painted on a wall of the small avenue going up to the Unitarian Church on Princes Street. I think the church has been closed for quite some time, but I’m glad this area is maintained.<a href="https://inphotos.org/2025/06/29/frederick-douglass-inspires-in-cork-city-centre/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inphotos.org/2025/06/29/frederick-douglass-inspires-in-cork-city-centre/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Cork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/PrincesStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrincesStreet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/UnitarianChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitarianChurch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mural</a>

SouprMatt<a href="https://mastodon.social/@aleciabatson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@aleciabatson</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@bmop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bmop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Odysseyopera" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Odysseyopera</a> I didn’t even know an opera about <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a> existed! Have a great show tomorrow…

BLK News Now!"I have met, at the South, many good religious colored people who were under the delusion that God required them to submit to slavery, and to wear their chains with meekness and humility. I could entertain no such nonsense as this, and I quite lost my patience when I found a colored man weak enough to believe such stuff." ― <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Juneteenth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Juneteenth</a>

Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐I have been thinking that I need to spend a good few moments reading <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a>. I'm vaguely aware of his writings, but have never studied them specifically. I know enough to know that many of the things I came to learn later in life than I ought to have learned them were things he taught 100 years before I was born, but because he was a Black man, his wisdom was not as celebrated as it should have been in our education system.

Malcolm NanceWhat do you Black <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> supporters have to say about him slashing funding for Black history?This is not about saving money or about cutting waste, fraud, and abuse—it’s about silencing truth. It’s about white supremacy.Defunding the Museum of African American History in Boston—where <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/FrederickDouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrederickDouglass</a> once thundered against slavery—is a direct attack on our legacy, our children, and our right to remember.This is erasure in real time.Call it what it is, <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/RACISM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RACISM</a>—and don’t stay silent.

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