Join this virtual tour of the Frederick Douglass heritage sites in Maryland and Washington, D.C., as well a discussion on how he successfully escaped from slavery and then was an active conductor on the Underground Railroad until the eve of the Civil War. Learn about his connections to John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman and others! Frederick Douglass (1818 - February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. The Underground Railroad is a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into free states and Canada.
New York City, NY; NYC