Newcastle upon Tyne, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
5 Summerhill Grove Frederick Douglass c. 1818-1895 I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. African American abolitionist, author and social reformer. One of many fugitive slaves who stayed here with the Richardson family. Henry Richardson, his wife Anna and sister Ellen w
ere Quakers and anti-slavery activists who helped raise funds for Douglass to formally buy his freedom in 1846.
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