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Frederick Douglass's North Star Newspaper Office (Talman Building)

Rochester, NY
Freedom and Resistance

Frederick Douglass settled in Rochester in 1847 and published his abolitionist newspapers, including The North Star, Frederick Douglass' Paper, and Douglass' Monthly, from an office in the Talman Building on East Main Street for sixteen years. Douglass was also active in the Underground Railroad from this office, sheltering freedom seekers including at least one party guided by Harriet Tubman. Rochester became Douglass's home for twenty-five years, the longest of any place he lived, and he is buried in the city's Mount Hope Cemetery alongside fellow Rochester resident and suffragist Susan B. Anthony.

Counter-Narrative

The myth this site refutes: that enslaved and oppressed people accepted their condition. Every stone here is evidence of refusal.

Sources

Society of Professional JournalistsFriends of Mt. Hope Cemetery

Sites in Conversation

"Shared theme: Freedom and Resistance"

"Shared theme: Freedom and Resistance"

"Shared theme: Freedom and Resistance"