Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Douglass Week will take place Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 in Massachusetts. The event will celebrate the legacy of Frederick Douglass and ...

A public reading of Frederick Douglass' speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" will be presented on the Grafton Common. The event, scheduled for July 5, will also feature music and group ...

The Massachusetts National Guard has cancelled plans to participate in a celebration of Frederick Douglass’ birthday and Civil Rights Heroes Day scheduled for Feb.22 in Easton, Maryland. The 54th MA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD, Mass (WWLP) – For Black History Month, a family member of a prominent figure in history was at the Springfield Museum ...

That house right there is where Frederick Douglass lived when he escaped from slavery. He slipped uh like so many did uh into New Bedford by way of both of the so-called Maritime Underground Railroad ...

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 ...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Advocates stood on the grounds of Historic Northampton to look back at history. For at least 129 years, slavery was part of the fabric of everyday life in Northampton.

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Today marks the 207th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest Americans to ever live. After he escaped from slavery in Talbot County, Md., Douglass eventually settled in ...

Douglass Week will take place Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 in Massachusetts. The event will celebrate the legacy of Frederick Douglass and his family, according to a community announcement. The week will ...