NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 2, 1865  

* Frederick Douglass speech
* Emancipation of Southern slaves

The top of the front page has: "EMANCIPATION JUBILEE" "Great Rejoicing Among the Colored People" "20,000 Jubilants Celebrate Their Souls in Brooklyn" "Addresses of Wm. Howard Day, Fred. Douglass, and Rev. Mr. Pennington" "The Praying Pic-Nic and the Dancing Darkies" "A Great Day, No Trouble, Fun, Frolic, Music and Happiness".
This text takes one-third of the front page and 1 1/2 columns on the back page. The "Speech of Mr. Douglass" is on the back page.
August 1 was the anniversary of: "...absolute freedom of every slave in the West Indian dominion. Rejoice, why not? To them it was the birthday of liberty..." and much more.
Eight pages, very nice condition.

Background: The August 2, 1865 issue of The New York Times captures a landmark moment in African American history by reporting on the Emancipation Jubilee held on August 1 in Brooklyn, an event where "20,000 Jubilants Celebrate Their Souls in Brooklyn". Annually honoring West India Emancipation Day—the 1834 anniversary marking the "absolute freedom of every slave in the West Indian dominion"—this 1865 gathering carried profound national resonance coming just months after the end of the American Civil War, transforming a regional abolitionist tradition into a triumphant celebration of universal Black liberation. Prominently featuring the "Addresses of Wm. Howard Day, Fred. Douglass, and Rev. Mr. Pennington" alongside the full "Speech of Mr. Douglass" on the back page, the coverage highlights how leading Black statesmen used the historic "birthday of liberty" not only to reflect on the fall of chattel slavery across the Americas, but to aggressively articulate the next phase of Reconstruction: securing full civil rights, franchise, and citizenship. Recorded as "A Great Day, No Trouble, Fun, Frolic, Music and Happiness" with headlines celebrating "Great Rejoicing Among the Colored People", this extensive journalistic focus—spanning one-third of the front page and one and a half columns on the back—underscores both the immense scale of community resilience and the pivotal, early political organizing of newly freed Americans during a vital turning point in United States history.