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Frederick Douglass at Cedar Hill
1877
Anacostia, Washington
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Douglass bought the house in a subdivision whose covenant barred sale to Black buyers, breaking it by purchasing directly. He lived here for the last eighteen years of his life. His library of 1,200 books survives intact.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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