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American Artifacts: Frederick Douglass House

Frederick Douglass House

Frederick Douglass House

Washington, DC
Sunday, January 30, 2011

American History TV visits the Washington, D.C. home of Frederick Douglass, the ex-slave who wrote the influential "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," spoke out for women's rights, and pressed President Abraham Lincoln for the Emancipation Proclamation. Our tour guide is National Park Service Interpretive Ranger Kamal McClarin.

Updated: Monday, January 31, 2011 at 11:48am (ET)

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