On April 3, 2017, the U. S. Mint began issuing quarters with an image of Frederick Douglass on the reverse, with the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in the background. The coin is part of the America the Beautiful Quarters series. read more
On returning from England Mr. Douglass founded Frederick Douglass's Paper, a weekly journal, at Rochester, N. Y. The title was changed to The North Star. He continued its publication for several years. Mr. Douglass and John Brown were friends, and had the same objects in view. read more
Frederick Douglass died on February 20, 1895 of a massive heart attack or stroke shortly after returning from a meeting of the National Council of Women in Washington, D. C. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York. read more
On returning from England Mr. Douglass founded Frederick Douglass's Paper, a weekly journal, at Rochester, N.Y. The title was changed to The North Star. He continued its publication for several years. Mr. Douglass and John Brown were friends, and had the same objects in view. read more
On April 3, 2017, the U.S. Mint began issuing quarters with an image of Frederick Douglass on the reverse, with the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in the background. The coin is part of the America the Beautiful Quarters series. read more
Frederick Douglass died on February 20, 1895 of a massive heart attack or stroke shortly after returning from a meeting of the National Council of Women in Washington, D.C. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York. read more