The Lost History of Frederick Douglass in the Mountain State

101 Fort Avenue,Keyser WV 26726

01 December, 2021

Description

Learn about the Lost History of Frederick Douglass in the Mountain State Internationally known in life and afterlife on both sides of the Atlantic as an author, orator, abolitionist, suffragist and American reformist, the history and placement of Frederick Douglass in the growing academic field of Appalachian Studies has not yet been gathered. Following the Civil War, Frederick Douglass made more than a half-dozen visits across West Virginia from the Eastern Panhandle to the Northern Panhandle to the Kanawha River Valley, including speaking in the communities of Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County, Martinsburg in Berkeley County, Wheeling in Ohio County and Parkersburg in Wood County. During these visits to the Mountain State Douglass was hosted by and spoke alongside newspaper publishers and editors, politicians who had led the way in legislatively creating West Virginia and leaders within local Black communities from journalists to college faculty to clergy. Learn about the lost history of Frederick Douglass as a trustee of Storer College, West Virginia’s first HBCU (Historically Black College & University), traveler on local railroads, keynote speaker at emancipation celebrations and as an associate of notable West Virginians Governor Arthur Boreman, J. R. Clifford, Archibald W. Campbell and other mountaineers at this groundbreaking lecture presented by scholars John Muller and Justin McNeil of Lost History Associates from just down the Potomac River. Presentation will include maps, prints, letters, newspapers, photographs and more to provide a visual representation of the expansive history of Frederick Douglass in West Virginia. Q&A will follow what promises to be a memorable presentation.