Frederick Douglass - College Park, MD
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N 38° 59.290 W 076° 56.526
18S E 331795 N 4317257
A statue of Frederick Douglass at the main entrance to Hornbake Library at the University of Maryland.
Waymark Code: WMZJWJ
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2018
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The statue is about 10 feet tall and features a young Frederick Douglass waving with his clothes flapping in the wind. Taken from Wikipedia, "Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; c.?February 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 in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. In his time, he was described by abolitionists as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Northerners at the time found it hard to believe that such a great orator had once been a slave."
Name of the revolution that the waymark is related to: Civil War
What was the role of this site in revolution?: Civil War
Who placed this monument?: University of Maryland
Adress of the monument: Not listed
Link that comprove that role: Not listed
When was this memorial placed?: Not listed
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