Downtown in Rochester in Monroe County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Frederick Douglass 1815-1895

Frederick Douglass Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lugnuts, September 12, 2020

1. Frederick Douglass Marker

Inscription. Frederick Douglass, brilliant orator, writer, abolitionist, educator and statesman, freed from slavery by purchase, selected Rochester in 1847 "As the place to establish my paper" The North Star, soon renamed the Frederick Douglass Paper. Douglass delivered many abolitionist and suffrage addresses internationally. Douglass, during the Civil War, met with President Lincoln to urge equal treatment and uniforms for black and white Union soldiers. His dramatic appeal in 1863, “Men of Color, To Arms“ was reprinted in Boston and New York, where Douglass sought recruits for two black regiments. Douglass moved to Washington after the war and became a consultant on Reconstruction laws. President Harrison appointed him minister to Haiti in 1889. When he died in 1895, his body was returned to Rochester to lay in state at City Hall. He was buried in Mt. Hope cemetery and his statue now stands in Highland Park.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Civil Rights.

Location. 43° 9.356′ N, 77° 36.719′ W.

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Marker is in Rochester, New York, in Monroe County. It is in Downtown. It is on East Main Street 0.1 miles east of State Street, on the right when traveling west. The marker is on the north side of Main Street, in front of the Reynolds Arcade. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 20 E Main St, Rochester NY 14614, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Finger Lakes.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Reynolds Arcade (within shouting distance of this marker); Historic Site in Journalism (within shouting distance of this marker); Powers and Wilder Buildings (within shouting distance of this marker); Tavern of Silvius Hoard

The Talman Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lugnuts, September 12, 2020

2. The Talman Building

This is the view of the Talman Building from the marker position across the street. Frederick Douglass published his weekly newspaper from the building. A plaque commemorating this fact is mounted on the building. (See "Historic Site in Journalism.")

(about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Front Street (about 300 feet away); Early Mills and Races (about 300 feet away); From Hunting Ground to City (about 400 feet away); Main Street Bridge (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rochester.

Also see . . . Frederick Douglass (Wikipedia). (Submitted on September 17, 2020, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

The Frederick Douglass Marker is mid block image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lugnuts, September 12, 2020

3. The Frederick Douglass Marker is mid block

Credits. This page was last revised on June 17, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2020, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 605 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 14, 2020, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.