The Lost History of Frederick Douglass in Howard County, Maryland (Livestream)

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Internationally known, in life and afterlife, on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean as an orator, abolitionist, editor, suffragist and American reformist, the history and placement of Frederick Douglass in Howard County, Maryland has not been previously recognized and discussed. 

Following the Civil War, Frederick Douglass was invited to speak in Howard County on several separate occasions, including a political ratification meeting, a camp meeting in company with his sons and an Emancipation Day celebration where Douglass served as the day’s keynote speaker. The Lost History of Frederick Douglass in Howard County, Maryland will focus on the relationships and associations Douglass had with several notable Howard County citizens within local and national reform circles of politics, higher education, suffrage, and the church. The presentation, followed by a Q&A, will include maps, prints, letters, newspapers, photographs, ephemera and more from local, regional, and national collections and archives. Learn more about Douglass and his connections to local railroads, Wayman Grove, Irving Park, Annapolis Junction, local educators, local preachers, local politicians, local suffragists and students attending Howard University in Washington, D.C. from Howard County, Maryland, including the communities of Ellicott City and Simpsonville.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

John Muller, author of Frederick Douglass in Washington, DC.: The Lion of Anacostia (2012) and Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a  Capital Correspondent (2013), has presented widely throughout the DC-Baltimore metropolitan area at venues including the Library of Congress, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Newseum, Enoch Pratt Free Library, DC Public Library, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site and local universities. Muller has been cited by the Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Baltimore Sun, Cumberland Times-News, Star Democrat and other publications for his local history research and subject matter expertise. He has been featured on C-SPAN’s BookTV and C-Span's American History TV, broadcast airwaves of NBC4 (Washington), WDVM (Hagerstown), WJLA (Washington), WBAL-TV (Baltimore),WMAR2 (Baltimore) and radio stations WPFW (DC),WAMU(DC), WYPR (Baltimore), WEAA(Baltimore),Delmarva Public Radio(Eastern Shore)and West Virginia Public Broadcasting. For the past decade Muller has presented widely on the local history of Frederick Douglass and contributed hundreds of articles to local and national print and online news sources, including the Washington Informer. Muller and Justin McNeil are co-founders of Lost History Associates and currently at work on forthcoming publications on Frederick Douglass in several specific regions and communities in the Mid-Atlantic area.