Location. 43° 8.126′ N, 77° 36.474′ W. Marker is in Rochester, New York, in Monroe County. It is in Highland Park. Marker is on South Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Rockingham Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rochester NY 14620, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. Douglass Home Marker as seen from southern approach
Photographed By Yugoboy, May 6, 2012
3. Douglass Home Site Marker as seen from northern approach
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 16, 2015
4. Frederick Douglass
This 1844 portrait of Frederick Douglass hangs in the Natinal Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
“Frederick Douglass became the first nationally known African American in U.S. History by turning his life into a testimony on the evils of slavery and the redemptive power of freedom. He had escaped from slavery in 1838 and subsequently became a powerful witness for abolitionism, speaking, writing, and organizing on behalf of the movement; he also founded a newspaper, the North Star. Douglass's charisma derived from his ability to present himself as the author of his own destiny at a time when white America could barely conceive of the black man as a thinking and feeling human being. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is not only a gripping nonfiction account of one man's struggle for freedom; it is also one of the greatest American autobiographies. This powerful portrait shows Douglass as he grew in prominence during the 1840s.” — National Portrait Gallery.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 7, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 711 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on May 7, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. 4. submitted on May 2, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.