The Royall House and Slave Quarters presents it second annual Reading Frederick Douglass Together program on the museum grounds. Community members are invited to gather on the lawn in front of the historic Slave Quarters building to read/listen to Douglass’s “What, To The Slave, is the Fourth of July?” to honor the long history of Black activism, critique, and abolition.

Scholar/activist David Harris will launch the reading, then invite community members to read sections of the speech. A drum circle with Akili Jamal Haynes will close out the program. After the event, community members are invited to an open house inside the Royall House and the Slave Quarters. Light refreshments will be provided.

This program is free and open to all. Supported by a grant from Mass Humanities with funding made possible by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.