Modern reconstruction of Frederick Douglass's "Growlery" on the National Historic Site property.

ID: 4859 ~ Source: National Park Service, N. Johnson.
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Modern reconstruction of Frederick Douglass's "Growlery" on the National Historic Site property.
This file appears in: 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…