Added: Feb 6, 2010
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Bronzeville Jr. Journalist Chicago, Illinois - Journey to Blues Communities - Journey to Washington, D.C. searching for President Abraham Lincoln and found Frederick Douglass www.undergroundrailroadchicago.com Frederick Douglass National Historic Site - Located in the Anacostia Historic District of Washington, D.C. From 1877 to 1895 this was the home of famous abolitionist, writer, lecturer, statesman, and Underground Railroad conductor, Frederick Douglass. Modest in its scale and ornamentation, Cedar Hill demonstrates the characteristics of a romantic cottage in natural surroundings. Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) moved to Cedar Hill, named after the cedar trees that shaded the house, when he became U.S. marshal of the District of Columbia in 1877. Douglass defied the District's racist housing laws by purchasing this home in a segregated neighborhood. At the request of his second wife, Helen Pitts Douglass, Congress chartered the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, to whom Mrs. Douglass bequeathed the house. Joining with the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, the association opened the house to visitors in 1916. The property was added to the National Park system on September 5, 1962, and was designated a National Historic Site in 1988.
Channel: Education
Tags: frederick douglass anacostia president abraham lincoln national parks services
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