HMM 07-03-2026 What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine we feature a special episode featuring a community reading of Frederick Douglass’s speech commonly known as “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

This community reading took place at The Sanctuary for Independent Media on February 28, 2026 in partnership with Underground Railroad Education Center (UREC), with moderation from historian Lacey Wilson, Teen Museum Studies Program Manager of UREC. She was joined in a panel discussion by UREC Co-Founder Paul Stewart and Charles Clark III, the curator of The Black Experience in the Adirondacks exhibition at the Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake.

Thanks to all who participated in this reading!