tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571146151683416940.post6799188430680004601..comments2024-03-16T10:05:23.129-07:00Comments on LA Quaker: Hypocrisy of July 4thLA Quakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084465501021443492noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571146151683416940.post-14161060194756095042015-07-04T16:09:31.207-07:002015-07-04T16:09:31.207-07:00 Brother Anthony Manousos has done it again. ... Brother Anthony Manousos has done it again. Publishing the essay by Shahid Buttar again expands our understanding of history and elevates the work of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, one of our greatest Americans, allowing us to focus on the highest spiritual and ethical ideals of our nation. <br /> I would add only that Frederick Douglass also served as a United States minister to Haiti and, later in his career, gave an important lecture on January 2, 1893, in defense of this first Black Republic. In the words of Ramsey Clark, “The history of Haiti will break your heart. Knowing it, the weak will despair, but the caring will strive to break the chains of tragedy” (1) . America and the West have never forgiven Haiti for its successful revolution against slavery to this day. Anthony has linked our present to the great Quaker tradition of fighting against this and other scourges of today. Bravo! <br /><br />(1) Haiti: A Slave Revolution: 200 Years After 1804 (New York: International Action Center, 2004, 2010), p. 1.<br /><br />Gene Rothman, D.S.W.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06520834479978690093noreply@blogger.com