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Exhibit Shows Life of Frederick Douglass

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From: AP Online
Date: 20031219
Author:BEN DOBBIN, Associated Press Writer

BEN DOBBIN, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
12-19-2003
Dateline: ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Frederick Douglass spent 25 of his most influential years as an abolitionist and orator here, and later wrote that it was where "I shall always feel more at home ... than anywhere else in the country."

A new exhibit opening Friday at the Rochester Museum & Science Center explores Douglass' life and ties with the city, where he was later buried and a public statue of him, the first in the nation to honor a black American, was erected.

The exhibit features 300 photographs, maps, handwritten letters and other ...

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