Fry and Ferguson appear frequently in newspaper articles. In addition to welcoming Douglass, the duo organized civic events ...

Throwback Thursday shares the story of the epic escape Frederick Douglass had to pull off to become an American freedom fighter.

During Black History Month amid the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is pleased to share that its latest ...

"The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the ...

HISTORY. PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT NEW BEDFORD AND MASSACHUSETTS WERE SAFE PLACES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. PEOPLE DIDN’T CARE WHAT COLOR YOU WERE. YOU COULD GET A JOB ON A WHALING SHIP. THE WHALING CITY ...