Eugene Debbs's Liberation Day Speech

After serving six months in woodstock prison, eugene debs was welcomed back to freedom by a crowd of 100 thousand people and an event put together by organized liver. Eugene deb's role in the pullman strike and the liberty speech in chicago made many see him as the champion of the working person in america. He was a fiery populist who was unafraid to challenge big business. And this fame gave him a path into national politics, a path he initially didn't want to take.