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Frederick Douglass used a tiny stone cabin he called the Growlery as a secluded retreat for deep thinking, reading, and writing. The word "Growlery," coined by Charles Dickens, literally means a place to growl. Douglass kept it simply furnished with a desk, stool, and couch. The structure standing there is a reconstruction, rebuilt in 1981 on the Growlery's exact location using materials salvaged from the original building.
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