Walking Tour: Lost History of Frederick Douglass in Capitol Hill

Meet outside the Library of Congress to learn more about the history of Frederick Douglass and the Capitol Hill neighborhood from the era of the Civil War to the administration of Gilded Age presidents.

Learn about Frederick Douglass as a Washington City editor and correspondent of the New National Era, his relationships with students from Howard University, Senators, Congressmen, Supreme Court Justices, diplomats, generals, suffragists and his admiration of William Shakespeare.

Tour will begin outside the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, visit places of interest including the Capitol Hill home of Frederick Douglass and conclude in Lincoln Park where in 1876 Douglass delivered a memorable address at the unveiling of the Freedman's Memorial to Abraham Lincoln, which remains today.

Questions and photography are encouraged throughout the walking tour! 

METRO:

Blue & Orange Line: Capitol South 

Red Line: Union Station

Bus: 30 buses

John Muller, author of  (2012) and  (2013) has been a local reporter in Old Anacostia and adjacent communities for the past decade for a variety of print and online publications

Muller has presented widely throughout the DC-Baltimore metropolitan area at venues including the Library of Congress, Newseum, Politics and Prose, American Library in Paris, The Hill Center and local universities. He is currently working on a book about the lost history of Frederick Douglass on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He has presented “The Lost History of Frederick Douglass in Western Maryland” at various venues, as well as presenting the “Lost History: Frederick (Bailey) Douglass in Baltimore” at the Enoch Pratt Central Library in Baltimore City.

Muller has been featured on C-SPAN’s BookTV and C-SPAN’s American History TV, as well as in the pages of the Star Democrat and the airwaves of WDVM (Hagerstown) NBC4 (Washington), WBAL (Baltimore), WJLA (Washington), WPFW, WAMU, WYPR, WEAA, West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Delmarva Public Radio.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 1st St and Independence Ave SE Washington, DC 20540, Independence Avenue Southeast, Washington, United States