Recent photo of the Frederick Douglass House
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This file appears in: Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Built between 1855 and 1859, Frederick Douglass purchased this suburban Anacostia estate (Cedar Hill) in 1877. The African American abolitionist, publisher, orator, author, statesman, and champion of human rights lived in the home until his death in…