The purpose of this site is to inform you of all the wonderful things, history, and sights going on at the Frederick Douglass National Historic, 1411 W Street SE, Washington, DC 20020.
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818. In 1872, Douglass and wife Anna move to Washington, DC: buy a house 316 A Street NE: in 1877 they break "whites only" covenant by purchasing Cedar Hill; serves as U.S. Marshalof the District of Columbia from 1877 until 1881.
On February 20, 1895, Douglass dies at his Cedar Hill home.