スミソニアン博物館のインスタグラム(smithsonian) - 7月4日 21時21分

In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on this portable desk, which is now in our @国立アメリカ歴史博物館.

While Jefferson's words outlined the ideals of a new nation—“life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”—he had about 130 enslaved men, women and children living and working at his Monticello plantation.

In an 1852 speech, Frederick Douglass emphasized that the history of American freedom cannot be separated from American slavery. “What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?" he asked: "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.” But Douglass had hope.

It took 87 years after the Declaration of Independence for the Emancipation Proclamation, and Americans have continued to challenge their nation to live up to its aspirations in the fight for civil rights based on the principle that all people are created equal.

See our @nmaahc’s page for more about Douglass’ speech. #FourthOfJuly

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