Easton in Talbot County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Frederick Douglass

1818 - 1895

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 24, 2019

1. Frederick Douglass Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

"In a composite nation like ours, as before the law, there should be no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no white, no black, but common country, common citizenship, equal rights and a common destiny."

United States Marshal · Chargé d'Affaires to the Dominican Republic
Minister to Haiti · Counselor to President Abraham Lincoln
Publisher · Author · Orator · Abolitionist
Slave

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Civil Rights. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln series list.

Location. 38° 46.597′ N, 76° 4.601′ W. Marker is in Easton, Maryland, in Talbot County. It can be reached from North Washington Street (Maryland Route 565) just south of Bay Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Easton MD 21601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Eastern Shore.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker

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: Talbot County Courthouse (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Birthplace of Tench Francis, Jr. (about 600 feet away); The Talbot Resolves (about 600 feet away); Vietnam War (about 700 feet away); The Bullitt House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Votes for Women (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Gardens (approx. 0.2 miles away); Easton's Fire Bell (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Easton.

Another marker is no longer nearby. To the Talbot Boys (was about 700 feet away but has been permanently removed).

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 24, 2019

2. Frederick Douglass Marker

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 24, 2019

3. Frederick Douglass Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 25, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 549 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 25, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.