Hillsdale in Hillsdale County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Frederick Douglass

Photographed By Craig Doda, May 11, 2022

1. Frederick Douglass Marker

Inscription.

Dedicated May 12, 2017 in proud recognition of the speech given at Hillsdale College by Frederick Douglass on January 21, 1863

Neither law, learning, nor religion, is addressed to any man's color or race. Science, education, the word of God, and all the virtues known among men, are recommended to us, not as races, but as men. We are not recommended to love or hate any particular variety of the human family more than any other. Not as Ethiopians; not as Caucasians; not as Mongolians; not as Afro-Americans, or Anglo- Americans, are we addressed, but as men. God and nature speak to our manhood, and to our manhood alone. Here all ideas of duty and moral obligation are predicated.

Blessings of liberty and education - September 3, 1894

With gratitude to: Mr. James Nagy in memory of his beloved Wanda Nagy
Dr. & Mrs. Larry Arnn

Erected 2017.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans. A significant historical date for this entry is May 12, 2017.

Location. 41° 55.905′ N, 84° 38.03′ W. Marker is in Hillsdale, Michigan, in Hillsdale County. Marker can be reached from East College Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hillsdale MI 49242, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Lorado Taft Statue of 1895 (a few steps from this marker); Kresge Plaza (a few steps from this marker); Victory Bell (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hillsdale College (about 300 feet away); Liberty Tree Descendent (about 300 feet away); Dorothy D. and Joseph A. Moller Amphitheater (about 500 feet away); Hillsdale College Mission Statement (about 500 feet away); College Baptist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hillsdale.

Photographed By Craig Doda, May 11, 2022

2. Frederick Douglass Marker

Photographed By Craig Doda, May 11, 2022

3. Frederick Douglass Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 12, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 121 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 12, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.