06/21/2025|10:00 am 
39 Hale St. Beverly, MA, 01915
Hale Farm
Join us on the grounds of Hale Farm—where multiple people were once enslaved—for a communal reading of Frederick Douglass’s powerful 1852 speech, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Part of the statewide Reading Frederick Douglass Together initiative, this event invites participants of all ages to reflect on the meaning of freedom, justice, and civic responsibility in both the past and present. Together, we’ll honor those whose voices were silenced and engage in a dialogue that remains as urgent today as it was in Douglass’s time. Following the reading, Frederick Douglass historian and interpreter, Nathan Richardson, will be hosting a discussion.
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