One hundred and sixty-eight years ago today Frederick Douglass gave his famous speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
Douglass was born into slavery in 1818, the product of a white male raping a Black woman.
White men raping Black women happened for centuries. Dutch artist, Christiaen van Coubwenberg, captures this in a painting completed in 1632. Note that the Dutch played a prominent role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
About William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters
Award-winning poet, playwright, and essayist. Author of four books of poetry, "Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass: Remembrance of Things Past and Present"; "Sometimes Blue Knights Wear Black Hats"; "The Black Feminine Mystique," "The Black Blood of Poetry," and a novel, "Streets of Rage," and a collection of short stories, "Conundrums: Stories of Law & Justice," written under his pen name Easy Waters. All four books are available on Amazon.com. Waters has over 25 years of experience in the criminal legal system. He is a change agent for a just society and a catalyst for change.
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