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Trump Condemns Rioters Taking Down Frederick Douglass Statue

The speech was made in Rochester, and on the anniversary of the aforementioned speech, the statue of Douglass in the same city, located in Maplewood Park, was dismantled and moved about 50 feet (15 meters) from its base, with police locating it at the brink of the Genesee River gorge. 

Abolitionist Statue Dismantled

July 5, 1852, marks one of Frederick Douglass’ most famous speeches - “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” in which he says that the celebration of liberty in a nation that enslaves and oppresses its black citizens is a sham. 

Police said that the statue “had been placed over the fence to the gorge and was leaning against the fence,” with damages reported to the base, in which the statue originally stood, and a finger. 

President Trump took to Twitter on Monday to condemn the vandalism and those responsible for tearing down the statue. 

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