Cast of Characters: Frederick Douglass Anna, his wife Rosetta, their daughter Freddy, their son Time 1863 Place The Douglass' home, Rochester, NY ANNA: I am married to a successful, self-taught man who announced himself to the world with two autobiographi...
One of Rochester's most widely recognized contribution to African American history, stems from one of our most notable residents, Frederick Douglass -- abolitionist, orator and publisher.
Gravestone of Frederick Douglass located in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
Eugene E. DuBois, The City of Frederick Douglass: Rochester's African-American People and PlacesA...S. J. HolleyAfro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, Inc.Afro-Americans in New York life and history
When Douglass was age five or six, he was taken to live on Colonel Lloyd’s home plantation, Wye House. Lloyd’s plantation functioned like a small town. Young Douglass found himself among several other enslaved children competing for food and other comforts. In 1826 at approximately age eight...