Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was born into American slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore in February 1818. In March 1826, as a slave child, he was sent to live in the Hugh Auld household at this location, where he remained from 1826 to 1831. He periodically resided in Fells Point as a slave until Monday, September 3, 1838, when he escaped to freedom via the Underground Railroad. He returned to Baltimore as a free man on May 19, 1870 to address the 20,000 participants in the 15th Amendment Celebration and Parade. One of America’s greatest freedom fighters, he died in Washington, DC on February 20, 1895, and was buried in Rochester, NY.

Baltimore, Maryland · United States