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Celebrating Black History Month: Spotlight on Eastern Shore Native Frederick Douglass

Posted by Shorebread | Thursday, February 13, 2014
frederick_douglass_free_speech_posters-r67a7daae402b43c0b51e59895562143f_vhbx_8byvr_512The Eastern Shore is a hotbed of historical sites, particularly those associated with the Civil War era and the abolition of slavery. One such star from the Eastern Shore is Frederick Douglass, best known as an abolitionist and a statesman. Douglass was born into slavery and given the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. Other than these facts, there is little definitive information about the abolitionist’s infancy. For example, historians … READ MORE



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