Lost history rediscovered! Come out Friday, Sept. 21 from 6 to 8pm to hear about newly rediscovered history about Frederick Douglass on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Join local historians and community leaders for a presentation about previously unknown high-profile visits that Frederick Douglass made, while serving as Marshal of the District of Columbia, to Cambridge, Maryland — a few miles from where Harriet Tubman was born. Presenters include Bill Jarmon of the Harriet Tubman Museum & Educational Center; John Muller, author of Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of Anacostia; and Linda Duyer, Eastern Shore historian.
The event is free and open to all and happens at the Harriet Tubman Museum & Educational Center, (Stop #5 on the Tubman Byway), 424 Race St., Cambridge, MD.
Abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland, which adjoins Dorchester County, where Harriet Tubman was born. He went on to escape slavery and became a national figure and speaker. He returned to Talbot County and made a now famous speech in 1878, but it was previously not known that he had also visited Cambridge, Maryland in Dorchester County. The year 2018 marks 200 years since his birth. Find out more and explore the self-guided Frederick Douglass driving tours in Talbot County.