This historic site preserves the 8.5 acres known as Cedar Hill and includes the main house and gardens, as well as an extensive collection of personal effects belonging to Douglass and his family.

To learn more about one of the region's most famous former slaves, visit the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in the district's Anacostia neighborhood. At this historical site ...

Walk into the visitor center at Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, just steps from the Douglass home, and you’ll hear a park volunteer repeat the words highlighted in the park’s short film: ...

The 1875 town house where civil rights pioneer Frederick ... to Douglass’s wedding is well documented, Margolis said Grimké never lived in the residence. “It was just the site for the wedding ...

A statue of the 19th Century US black activist Frederick Douglass has been toppled in ... Donald Trump last week ordered the creation of a "National Garden of American Heroes" to defend what ...

Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had travelled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Only 23 years old at the time ...